the orthodox vision - november 2013 - issue #285
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100th Anniversary Issue. The Official Monthly Publication of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church of Bridgeport, Connecticut.TRANSCRIPT
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 1
The Official Monthly Publication of Holy Trinity
ISSUE NO. 285 WWW.HOLYTRINITYBRIDGEPORT.ORG NOVEMBER 2013
West Liberty Street—1913
Myrtle Ave. & Prospect Street 1936
4070 Park Ave. since May 8, 1966
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 2 November 2013
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Unmercenaries
Cosmas & Dami-
an
David of Euboia
2
Saturday of the
7th Week
Bishop Raphael
Hawaweeny of
Brooklyn
3
5th Sunday of
Luke
Martyrs As-
cepsimas, Jo-seph &
Aeithalas
4
Monday of the
8th Week
Joannicius the
Great Nikandros,
Bishop of My-
ra
5
Tuesday of the
8th Week
Martyrs Ga-
laktion & Epis-time
Holy Apostles
6 Paul the Con-
fessor
7
Thursday of
the 8th Week
33 Martyrs of
Militene Lazarus the
Wonderworker
8
Service:
8:30am St.
Nektarios &
Archangels
Michael & Ga-
briel
9
Saturday of the
8th Week
Nectarius the
Wonderworker Martyrs
Onesiphorus &
Porphyrius
10 AHEPA
LUNCHEON
8th Sunday of
Luke
Olympas & Companions of
the 70
Arsenius of Cappadocia
11
Monday of the
9th Week
Martyr Menas
Martyrs Victor
and Stephanie
12 John the Merci-
ful
Nilus the As-cetic
13 John Chrysos-
tom, Abp. Of
Constantinople
Damaskinos of
Mount Athos
14 Apostle Philip
Gregory Pala-
mas, Abp. Of Thessolonica
15
Friday of the
9th Week
Martyr Gouria & Companions
Thomas, Abp. of
Constantinople
16
MEAL OF
LOVE FOR
THE CITY’S
NEEDY Apostle and
Evangelist Mat-
thew
17
9th Sunday of
Luke
Gregory the
Wonderworker Gennadius and
Maximus
18
Monday of the
10th Week
Great Martyr
Plato Martyr Roma-
nus
19
Tuesday of the
10th Week
Prophet Obadi-
ah Barlaam of
Caesarea
20
Wednesday of
the 10th
Week
Forefeast of the Entry of the
Theotokos
21
Service:
8:30am
Entrance of
the Theotokos
into the
Temple
22
Friday of the
10th Week
Philemon &
Archippus of the 70 , Martyrs
Cecilia and
Companions
23
Philoptochos
Bake Sale
Amphilochius,
Bp. Of Iconium Gregory, Bp. of
Agrigentum
24
Philoptochos
Bake Sale
13th Sunday
of Luke Pope Clement
of Rome
Peter, Arch-
25 Service:
8:30am
Saint Kathe-
rine the Great
26
Tuesday of the
11th Week
Alypius the
Stylite
Nicon
27
Wednesday of
the 11th Week
Martyr James
the Persian
Righteous Na-
28
Thursday of
the 11th Week
Stephen the
New
Martyr Irenar-
29
Friday of the
11th Week
Martyrs Para-
monos & Philu-
menos
30 Servi
ce: Apostle
Andrew the
1st Called &
ANNIVER-SARY 100Ζ
ΔΠΔΣΔΗΟ
AT HOLIDAY INN
Strict Fast
Fish Allowed
Wine and Oil Allowed
Dairy,Eggs,and Fish Allowed
MEETINGS AHEPA/Daughters- Wednesday Nov. 20 7 : 0 0
pm
Choir - Tuesday Nov. 12 & Nov. 17 from 6:45-9 pm
Love 1 Another—Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:00pm Philoptochos -Monday Nov. 5 - 6:00pm
Pot Luck Dinner
Senior Citizens- Wednesday Nov. 13 1:00 pm
MEMORIALS Sunday, November 3- Nicholas Georgis/Νηθόιανο
Σδόξηδεο 1 year, George Hallas / Γεώξγηνο Υαιιάο
5 years
Sunday, November 24 Stavros Hatzikostas /ηαύξνο
Υαηδεθώζηαο 5 years
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 3
T oday is a special day for our community as we celebrate
100 years. It is also a special
day for me, because two years ago
on this day, I served my first liturgy as the parish priest at Holy Trinity.
St. Andrew and his companions
were followers of St. John the Baptist. One day, John the Baptist
pointed Andrew to Jesus and said,
―Behold, the Lamb of God (John 1:35-37)!"
When Andrew approached Jesus,
Andrew asked Him, ―What do you
seek? What are you looking for ?‖ (John1:38) Jesus then
proceeded to invite them to ―come
and see,‖ (John 1:39) and to stay with Him.
Whatever Andrew was seeking,
he found it in Christ! From that day
forward, Andrew was a changed man. We read that the very first
thing Andrew did after he stayed
with Jesus was to hurry back home to Bethsaida to find his brother
Simon Peter and say to him, ―We
have found the Messiah!‖ ―...And Matthew brought Peter Simon to
Jesus ." (John 1:41-42)
Andrew was the first disciple of
Christ, which is why he was named the ―First-called.‖ Even though we
have no writings from him, we know
he was a missionary apostle who spread the Gospel through Asia
Minor and Greece. He is also the
patron saint of our Ecumenical Patriarchate, which celebrates its
name-day today as well!
Hence, the 100 year anniversary celebration of Holy Trinity is also a
celebration of the establishment of
the Orthodox Church. For two
thousand years, Christians have been sharing this joyous message: ―We
have found the messiah!"
With these words, countless Christian communities of faith have
been established and founded on the
proclamation of St Andrew from Palestine, to Asia Minor, to Greece,
to Russia, the Balkans and finally, to
our very own country, the United
States. For this reason, on this 100 year
anniversary, not only do we
celebrate the feast-day of St. Andrew, but we also remember and
commemorate our founding fathers
and mothers, who brought the words if St Andrew to new shores and
established our very own Holy
Trinity Church of Bridgeport.
These men and women of faith, both clergy and laity, came to this
country with very little except for
their Orthodox faith and a desire to create a better life for themselves
and for their families. They worked
hard, and often at great personal
sacrifice, to establish Holy Trinity Church in accordance with the
Cannons and traditions of the
Orthodox Church. Our ancestors planted the seeds
that disseminated and preserved the
Holy Traditions of our Orthodox faith, while creating a safe haven for
Greeks who migrated to this foreign
land. As our Lord says, ―For in this
case the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap
that for which you have not labored;
others have labored and you have entered into their labor ." (John 4:37
-38) We continue to reap the fruits
and labors of these brave pioneers of the Orthodox faith. May their
memory be eternal!
Today, these seeds of faith planted by our ancestors have
flourished into a mature community,
not only for those of Greek descent,
but for all Orthodox nationalities. In addition to the many Greek
Orthodox Churches under the
spiritual guidance of our Ecumenical Patriarchate and Greek Orthodox
Archdiocese of America, we have
many sister Orthodox Churches under various canonical Orthodox
jurisdictions, which serve the
spiritual needs of Orthodox from all
parts of the world here in the Greater Bridgeport area.
I would be remiss if I did not
mention our fellow Christian brothers and sisters and non-
Christians, who are represented by
the Council of Churches in Bridgeport, who also minister to the
spiritual needs of their communities.
I am humbled and honored to be a
part of this great tradition and walk in the footsteps of these brave
visionaries who struggled to plant
the seeds in this ripe soil so that we can say with the Apostle Paul ― So
neither he who plants nor he who
waters is anything, but only God
who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one,
and each will receive his wages
according to his labor ." (1 Cor. 3:7) Just as the early Apostles and our
founding fathers of Holy Trinity
took risks and overcame obstacles in their l if et ime to es tablis h
communities of faith in which to
spread the Gospel, so we must all
continue to grow and nurture our faith, not only inwardly as we strive
for the Kingdom of God, but also
outwardly, in an expression of love for one another in the context of our
immediate community and society at
large. We must unite to overcome the
ills that plague our society and not
only preach the Gospel, but enact
(Continued on page 4)
Celebrating 100
Years—Plant ing
Seeds of Faith by Father Andreas
Vithoulkas
“Service is the rent you pay for room on this Earth.”
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 4
change in our surroundings, which struggle with
violence, abuse, and poverty. We need to be good doers
of the Gospel and not just sit back and be content with the status quo, especially in our churches. There is still a
great deal of work to be done.
I hope and pray that God gives us the strength to carry out His mission in a world struggling to find a place for
faith and religion in order to keep proclaiming His
Gospel to future generations of Christians and non-
Christians alike, and to continue being vibrant witnesses to all.
(Continued from page 3)
“It is when we forget ourselves that we do things that are remembered.”
τοσ π. Ανδρέα Βσθούλκας
Σ ήκεξα είλαη κηα μερσξηζηή κέξα γηα ηελ Κνηλόηεηά καο, θαζώο γηνξηάδνπκε ηα 100
ρξόληα. Δίλαη επίζεο κηα μερσξηζηή κέξα γηα
κέλα, γηαηί πξηλ δύν ρξόληα απηή ηελ εκέξα έθαλα ηελ
πξώηε Θεία Λεηηνπξγία σο Ηεξέαο ηεο Αγίαο Σξηάδαο ηνπ Μπξίηδπνξη.
Ο Άγηνο Αλδξέαο κε ηνπο ζπληξόθνπο ηνπ ήηαλ νπαδνί
ηνπ Αγίνπ Ησάλλε ηνπ Βαπηηζηή. Μηα κέξα ν Ησάλλεο είπε ζηνλ Ηεζνύ: «Ηδνύ ν Ακλόο ηνπ Θενύ!». (Ησάλλε
1:35-37).
Όηαλ ν Αλδξέαο πιεζίαζε ηνλ Ηεζνύ, ν Αλδξέαο Σνλ ξώηεζε: «ηη δεηάο» ηη ςάρλεηε (Ησάλλε 1:38). Ο Ηεζνύο
πξνρώξεζε θαη ηνπο θάιεζε λα «έξζνπλ θαη λα
δνπλ» (Ησάλλε 1:39) θαη λα κείλνπλ καδί Σνπ.
Όηη ν Αλδξέαο δεηνύζε, ην βξήθε ζηνλ Υξηζηό! Από απηή ηελ εκέξα ν Αλδξέαο ήηαλ άιινο άλζξσπνο.
Γηαβάδνπκε όηη ην πξώην πξάγκα πνπ έθαλε κεηά πνπ
βξήθε ηνλ Ηεζνύ, ήηαλ λα βηαζηεί λα πάεη πίζσ ζην ζπίηη ηνπ λα βξεη ηνλ αδειθό ηνπ ηνλ ίκσλα Πέηξν θαη λα
ηνπ πεη: «Βξήθακε ηνλ Μεζζία» . Καη ν Μαηζαίνο έθεξε
ηνλ Πέηξν ζηνλ Ηεζνύ (Ησάλλε 1:41-42).
Ο Αλδξέαο ήηαλ ν πξώηνο καζεηήο ηνπ Υξηζηνύ, γη’
απηό νλνκάζηεθε «Πξσηόθιεηνο». Παξ΄όιν δελ έρνπκε
θαλέλα γξαπηό από απηόλ, γλσξίδνπκε όηη ήηαλ Ηεξαπόζηνινο θαη δηέδσζε ην Δπαγγέιην ζηελ Μηθξά
Αζία θαη Διιάδα. Ο Αλδξέαο είλαη επίζεο ν Πνιηνύρνο
ηνπ Οηθνπκεληθνύ καο Παηξηαξρείνπ, θαζώο επίζεο γηνξηάδεη ζήκεξα.
Ωο εθ ηνύηνπ, ε επέηεηνο ησλ 100 ρξόλσλ ηεο Αγίαο
Σξηάδαο είλαη κηα γηνξηή ηεο θαζηέξσζεο ηεο Οξζόδνμεο
Δθθιεζίαο . Γηα δύν ρηιηάδεο ρξόληα ηώξα νη Υξηζηηαλνί δηαιαινύλ ην: «Βξήθακε ηνλ Μεζζία!». Με απηά ηα
ιόγηα ηνπ Απόζηνινπ Αλδξέα ακέηξεηεο Διιελν -
Υξηζηηαληθέο Κνηλόηεηεο έρνπλ ηδξπζεί από ηελ Παιαηζηίλε, Μηθξά Αζία, Διιάδα, Ρσζία, Βαιθάληα θαη
ηέινο εδώ ζηε δηθή καο ρώξα ησλ Ζλσκέλσλ Πνιηηεηώλ.
Γηα απηό ηνλ ιόγν, γηα ηελ επέηεην ησλ 100 ρξόλσλ, όρη κόλν γηνξηάδνπκε ηε γηνξηή ηνπ Αγίνπ Αλδξέα, αιιά
ζπκόκαζηε επίζεο ηνπο ηδξπηέο ελνξίηεο καο πνπ ίδξπζαλ ηελ δηθή καο Δθθιεζία ηεο Αγίαο Σξηάδαο ηνπ
Μπξίηδπνξη. Απηνύο ηνπο άλδξεο θαη γπλαίθεο ηεο
πίζηεο, θιεξηθνί θαη ιατθνί, ήξζαλ ζε απηή ηελ ρώξα κε
ειάρηζηα, αιιά κε κεγάιε πίζηε θαη επηζπκία λα δεκηνπξγήζνπλ κηα θαιύηεξε δσή γηα ηνλ εαπηό ηνπο θαη
ηηο νηθνγέλεηέο ηνπο. Γνύιεςαλ ζθιεξά θαη κε κεγάιεο
πξνζσπηθέο ζπζίεο θαη θόζηνο, γηα ηελ δεκηνπξγία ηνπ ηεξνύ Νανύ ηεο Αγίαο Σξηάδαο, ζύκθσλα κε ηηο
παξαδόζεηο ηεο Οξζόδνμεο Δθθιεζίαο.
Οη πξόγνλνί καο έζπεηξαλ ηνλ ζπόξν θαη δηαηήξεζαλ ηελ ηεξά παξάδνζε ηεο Οξζνδόμνπ πίζηεο,
δεκηνπξγώληαο έλα αζθαιέο θαηαθύγην γηα ηνπο Έιιελεο
πνπ κεηαλάζηεπζαλ ζ απηή ηελ μέλε Γή. Καη όπσο ν
Κύξηόο καο ιέγεη, «δηόηη ζηελ πεξίπησζε απηή ηζρύεη ην ξεηό, Ἑλαο ζπέξλεη θαη άιινο ζεξίδεη». πλερίδνπκε λα
ζεξίδνπκε ηνπο θαξπνύο απηώλ ησλ πξσηνπόξσλ ηεο
Οξζόδνμεο πίζηεο. Αησλία ε κλήκε ηνπο. ήκεξα, απηνί νη ζπόξνη ηεο πίζηεο πνπ θπηεύηεθαλ
από ηνπο πξνγόλνπο καο έρνπλ αθκάζεη θαη σξηκάζεη ζε
κηα ώξηκε Κνηλόηεηα, όρη κόλν γηα εθείλνπο από ειιεληθήο θαηαγσγήο, αιιά θαη γηα όινπο ηνπο
Οξζνδόμνπο ησλ άιισλ Δζληθνηήησλ. Δθηόο από ηηο
πνιιέο ειιελνξζόδνμεο Δθθιεζίεο θάησ από ηελ
θαζνδήγεζε ηνπ Οηθνπκεληθνύ Παηξηαξρείνπ θαη ηεο Διιεληθήο Οξζνδόμνπ Αξρηεπηζθνπήο Ακεξηθήο, έρνπκε
θαη πνιιέο αδειθέο Οξζόδνμεο Δθθιεζίεο νη νπνίεο
εμππεξεηνύλ ηηο πλεπκαηηθέο αλάγθεο ησλ Οξζνδόμσλ εδώ ζηελ πεξηνρή ηνπ Μπξίηδπνξη.
Θα ήηαλ ιάζνο αλ δε αλέθεξα θαη ηνπο ζπλαδέιθνπο
καο Υξηζηηαλνύο αδειθνύο θαη κε –Υξηζηηαλνύο πνπ
εθπξνζσπνύληαη από ην πκβνύιην Δθθιεζηώλ ζην Μπξίηδπνξη πνπ επίζεο θαη απηνί εμππεξεηνύλ ηηο
πλεπκαηηθέο αλάγθεο ησλ Κνηλνηήησλ ηνπο.
Δίλαη ηηκή κνπ λα είκαη παξώλ ζηελ γηνξηή απηή θαη λα πεξπαηώ ζηα αρλάξηα ησλ νξακαηηζηώλ πνπ
αγσλίζηεθαλ λα θπηέςνπλ ηνπο ζπόξνπο ζε απηό ην
ώξηκν ρώκα, έηζη ώζηε λα κπνξνύκε λα πνύκε όπσο ιέγεη ν Απόζηνινο Παύινο «Έηζη νύηε απηόο πνπ θπηεύεη νύηε
απηόο πνπ πνηίδεη είλαη ηίπνηα, αιιά κόλν ν Θεόο, είλαη
απηόο πνπ ζα θξίλεη ηνλ θαζέλα ζύκθσλα κε ηελ εξγαζία
πνπ θάλνπκε.
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 5
Όπσο νη Απόζηνινη θαη νη
ηδξπηέο ηεο Αγίαο Σξηάδαο,
αληηκεηώπηζαλ θαη μεπέξαζαλ ηα εκπόδηα ηεο δσήο ηνπο γηα λα
δηαδώζνπλ ην Δπαγγέιην θαη
θξαηήζνπλ ηελ πίζηε ηνπο, έηζη πξέπεη όινη λα ζπλερίζνπκε λα
κεγαιώλνπκε θαη δνύκε αξκνληθά
ζηελ θαζεκεξηλή καο δσή αιιά λα αγσληδόκαζηε θαη γηα ηελ Βαζηιεία
ηνπ Θενύ, θαη αγάπε ν έλαο γηα ηνλ άιινλ, ζην πιαίζην ηνπ ζηελνύ καο
πεξηβάιινληνο θαη ηεο Κνηλσλίαο
γεληθόηεξα.
Πξέπεη λα ελσζνύκε γηα λα μεπεξαζηνύλ ηα πξνβιήκαηα πνπ
καζηίδνπλ ηελ θνηλσλία καο θαη όρη
κόλν λα θεξύηηνπλ ην Δπαγγέιην, αιιά λα ζεζπίζνπκε αιιαγή ζην
πεξηβάιινλ καο, ηεο βίαο,
θαηάρξεζεο θαη θηώρηαο. Πξέπεη λα πξάηηνπκε θαιά έξγα θαη όρη κόλν
κε ιόγηα. Πξέπεη λα γίλεη πνιιή δνπιεηά αθόκε.
Διπίδσ θαη πξνζεύρνκαη όηη ν
Θεόο, λα καο δίλεη ηε δύλακε γηα
λα εθηειέζνπκε ηελ απνζηνιή Σνπ ζε έλα θόζκν πνπ αγσλίδεηαη λα
βξεη κηα ζέζε γηα ηελ πίζηε θαη
ζξεζθεία, πξνθεηκέλνπ λα θξαηήζεη ην κήλπκα ηνπ Δπαγγειίνπ γηα ηηο
επόκελεο γεληέο από Υξηζηηαλνύο
θαη κε Υξηζηηαλνύο.
(Continued from page 4)
“For it is in giving that we receive.” ~Saint Francis of Assisi
Ζ ΔΝΟΡΗΑ ΜΑ ΓΔΩΡΓΗΟ ΜΟΤΡΗΕΑΚΖ, ΠΡΟΔΓΡΟ
Δ ηαλύνπκε ηνλ κήλα ηνπ ενξηαζκνύ ηεο εθαηνληαεηεξίδαο καο. Καηά ηελ δηάξθεηα ησλ
η ε ι ε π η α ί σ λ ε β δ ν κ ά δ σ λ , θ α ζ ώ ο
πξνεηνηκαδόκαζηε γηα ηελ εθδήισζε, ήιζα αληηκέησπνο κε πνιιέο ηζηνξηθέο ζειίδεο πνπ πεξηγξάθνπλ ηελ
γέλλεζε θαη δεκηνπξγία ηεο Κνηλόηεηάο καο.
Με εληππσζίαζαλ ηόζν πνιύ, νη αγώλεο, ε ηόικε θαη ε απνθαζηζηηθόηεηα πνπ είραλ νη πξώηνη πάξνηθνη ηεο
πόιεσο ηνπ Μπξίηδπνξη λα δεκηνπξγήζνπλ θαη θηίζνπλ
ηελ Δθθιεζία καο γηα λα έρνπκε εκείο ζήκεξα ηελ Αγία
Σξηάδα. ’ απηνύο ρξσζηάκε όηη έρνπκε ζήκεξα. Δίραλ ηελ επηζπκία λα νξγαλώζνπλ κία «Κνηλόηεηα»
πνπ νη έιιελεο ζα κπνξνύζαλ λα ρξεζηκνπνηνύζαλ γηα
ηελ δηαηήξεζε ησλ ζεζαπξώλ ηεο θιεξνλνκηάο ηνπο θαη ηεο Θξεζθείαο ηνπο, θαη λα παξαδώζνπλ ζηα παηδηά
ηνπο θαη ηα εγγόληα ηνπο δηα κέζνπ ησλ αηώλσλ. Σν
πάζνο ησλ Διιήλσλ ηεο επνρήο εθείλεο ήηαλ κεγάιν. Ήζειαλ λα θξαηήζνπλ «ηηο παξαδόζεηο» ηνπο θαη λα κελ
ραζεί ε ηαπηόηεηά ηνπο ζην λέν θόζκν, ζην κεγάιν
θαδάλη πνπ ιέγεηε Ακεξηθή.
Έρνπκε ηόζα πνιιά λα κάζνπκε από ηνπο πξνγόλνπο καο, θαη θαζώο δηάβαδα από κία δηαηξηβή πνπ έθαλε ε
ελνξίηηζζά καο Οπξαλία Σζόξβα (πνπ ζα ηππσζεί ζην
ιεύθσκα ηεο 100εο επεηείνπ) απνθάζηζαλ λα πξνρσξήζνπλ θαη θηίζνπλ ηελ Δθθιεζία ζηελ ιεσθόξν
Myrtle ηα ρξόληα ηεο κεγάιεο ύθεζεο ζηελ Ακεξηθή γηα
50.000 δνιάξηα, πνζό κεγάιν γηα ηελ επνρή εθείλε.
Μεξηθνί ελνξίηεο παξνπζηάζζεθαλ ζηελ Σξάπεδα θαηαζέηνληαο ην ζπίηη ηνπο σο ππνζήθε γηα αζθάιεηα ηνπ
δαλείνπ. Πνηνο ζήκεξα ζα έπξαηηε κηα ηέηνηα πξάμε γηα
ηελ Δθθιεζία ηνπ;
Δίραλ ζαλ ζύλζεκα ν «Θεόο είλαη ν Αξρηηέθηνλαο». Σίπνηα δελ ζα κπνξνύζε λα ηνπο ζηακαηήζεη, θαηνρή,
έιιεηςε γιώζζαο, θαη γεληθά δπζθνιίεο ηεο επνρήο. Γελ
είραλ ζθνπό λα απνηύρνπλ ζε έλα ηέηνην ηεξό έξγν.
Πάληα έιεγαλ ν Θεόο καο επινγεί γηαηί εξγαδόκαζηε ζηνλ «ακπειώλα Σνπ».
αλ κεηαλάζηεο εξρόκελνο ζηηο ΖΠΑ ην 1977 ήκνπλ
έθπιεθηνο λα βξεζώ ζε κηα ηέηνηα κεγάιε Κνηλόηεηα ζην Μπξίηδπνξη. Γελ πίζηεπα ζηηο όκνξθεο εγθαηαζηάζεηο
θαη ηόζνπο έιιελεο γύξν κνπ. Καζώο άξρηζα λα
αζρνινύκαη πεξηζζόηεξν ζηα εζσηεξηθά ηεο Κνηλόηεηαο, ζπλεηδεηνπνίεζα όηη όιεο νη γεληέο πξηλ από κέλα είραλ
θάλεη πνιιέο πξνζπάζεηεο θαη ζθιεξή δνπιεηά γηα λα
θξαηήζνπλ ηηο παξαδόζεηο θαη πνιηηηζκό, θαη θπζηθά λα
θξαηήζνπλ ηελ Οξζόδνμε πίζηε ηνπο δσληαλή. Καηά ηελ δηάξθεηα ηεο ζεηείαο κνπ ζαλ Πξόεδξνο ηεο Αγίαο
Σξηάδαο αθηέξσζα πνιύ ρξόλν λα βειηηώζσ θαη
δηαηεξήζσ απηά πνπ βξήθα, κε ηνλ θαιύηεξν ηξόπν πνπ κπνξνύζα θαη λα παξαδώζσ έλα θαιύηεξν κέξνο ζ’
απηνύο πνπ κε αθνινπζνύλ. Σν έθαλα απηό από αγάπε
θαη ζεβαζκό γηα ηελ Αγία Σξηάδα. Διπίδσ θαη εύρνκαη νη λεόηεξεο γεληέο ζα εθηηκήζνπλ
ηνλ θόπν θαη ηηο πξνζπάζεηέο καο, θαη ζα εξγαζζνύλ πην
ζθιεξά λα δηαηεξήζνπλ όηη νη πξόγνλνί ηνπο, ηνπο
άθεζαλ γηα απηνύο θαη ηηο κειινληηθέο γελεέο. Διπίδσ όηη όινη νη ελνξίηεο καο, ζα παξεπξεζνύλ ζηελ
εθδήισζε ησλ 100 ρξόλσλ. Δίλαη θαζήθνλ καο από
ζεβαζκό γηα ηνπο ηδξπηέο λα είκαζηε παξώλ θαη γηνξηάζνπκε καδί.
Θα ήζεια εγθαξδίσο λα εθθξάζσ ηελ επγλσκνζύλε
κνπ πξνο ηνπο ηδξπηέο θαη ζπγγελείο ηνπ πνπ αθόκα
βξίζθνληαη ελ ηε δσή - θαη είλαη καδί καο λα γηνξηάζνπκε ην γεγνλόο απηό. αο επραξηζηώ γηα ηελ ππνζηήξημε ζαο
θαη ν Θεόο αο καο επινγεί.
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 6
“It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.” ~Anthony Burgess
Our Parish
by George Mourizakis -Parish Council President
W e are entering the month of our
Centennial Gala. Over the past few weeks, in preparing for the event, I
have encountered
many historical pages that describe the birth
and establishment of
our community.
I am so overtaken
by the struggles and
determination that our Founding Fathers had
to establish what we
know today as Holy Trinity of Bridgeport.
We o we t h e m
everything we have
today. They had a desire to organize a
― K o i n o t i t a , ‖ a
Community that the Greeks could properly
p r e p a r e t h e
f o u n d a t i o n f o r retaining the treasures
of their heritage
which was to be
inherited by their c h i l d r e n a n d
grandchildren through
the ages. The Hellenes of that time had the sincere pathos to ―keep the traditions‖ and identity, and not be
lost in the great melting pot of nationalities of the New
World.
We have so much to learn from our forefathers, and
as I am reading through a historical document that was
written from one of our own, Ourania Tsorvas as her Thesis at the time, they decided to go ahead and build
the Church on Myrtle Avenue during the depression
years to the tune of 50,000 dollars, which was a great sum of money during that time. Parishioners presented
to the bank their Personal Deeds of their homes as
collateral for the mortgage. Who today would
duplicate such an act of love for their church?
They had ―God is the Architect‖ as a motto. Nothing could stop them, depressions, lack of English, and hard
times. They could not fail in such a sacred project.
God would bless their labor because they were
working in ―His Vineyard‖.
As an immigrant myself, coming to the USA in
1977, I was surprised to find such a large community in Bridgeport. I could not believe all the beautiful
facilities and all the
Greek people around me. As I started
g e t t i n g m o r e
involved, I realized
t h a t a l l t h e generations before
me had spent a lot of
time and effort to keep the traditions
and culture and, of
c ou r s e, ou r Orthodox Faith
alive. During my
term as President of
Holy Trinity , I devoted much of my
time to improve and
maintain what I found, administer
the church to the
best of my ability,
and leave a better place for the ones
that follow. I did
that out of love and respect for Holy
Trinity.
I hope the newer generations do not take for granted
what they find and work as hard, or even harder, to
preserve what our forefathers left behind.
I hope all parishioners come and join us in the
Centennial Gala. It is our duty, out of respect for the
Founding Fathers, to be there and celebrate that milestone.
I would like to express my gratitude to our Founding Fathers and their relatives that maybe still
with us today for the monumental task they
accomplished. Thank you for your support and God
Bless.
Parish Council—Past Presidents
John Frangenes, John Maltas, Chris Papachristos, Anast. Kaklamanos, Stella Capiris, Nicholas Phakias, Lee Tsouris, Gus Hatzis, George
Mourizakis, and James Englis
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 7
― While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed. ― ~ Mattie Stepanek
From the
Editor
Vicky Andriotis
W hen I think about
growing up in our Holy Trinity family,
I can still see our past through the
eyes of the child that I was ; with excitement, with wonderment, and
with delight. It is here that we
have celebrated our greatest joys;
it is this place that holds some of our fondest childhood memories,
and it is here that our children now
create meaningful and lasting memories of their own.
Growing up in this family also
reminds me of two simple truths; the first, "Train up a child in the
way he should go, and when he is
old he will not depart from
it." (Proverbs 22:6); and the second, "It takes a village to raise a child."
I am a product of my
environment, this village, our home. I am a product of the
attention and nurturing I received
from an extraordinary group of volunteers over the years, who
taught me in our Greek and
Sunday schools, coached me in our
basketball program (in 1979, I was privileged to be the first girl to
play basketball for Holy Trinity,
and the league), and who advised and guided me in our (Junior)
GOYA and YAL ministries.
I t i s a r e m a r k a b l e
accomplishment, a testament to
their efforts and dedication, that those who have had the greatest
impact on me in my formative
years were all volunteers. What they may not have realized while
teaching me about our faith, our
language, or about sportsmanship, was that they were also teaching
me that volunteering is not merely
a choice, not quite an option, but a
way of life. It is second nature. They trained me up in the way I
should go, and I will not depart
from that. Just as it took so many
volunteers over the years to teach
me what I needed to know, so it is that we can honor them by
continuing their work and doing
the same for those who are here
now, and those who are still to come. We are chosen for tasks
much greater than we know, for
lives more meaningful than we understand; and just like our
predecessors, some day we might
also find that we have lived lives much greater than ourselves.
I am in awe of those who came
before us, some who did so much
at a time when there was so little. I am in awe of those who left an
indelible mark on our community,
and on each of us in some way. I‘d like to wish our entire Holy
Trinity family a very, very happy
anniversary! Here‘s to the next 100. Now, what mark will you
make?
That’s me That’s my mom that was Greek School
in the 70s
W hen you are inspired by some great pur-pose, some extraordinary project, all your
thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limita-
tions, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world.
Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than
you ever dreamed yourself to be. Submitted by Vicky Andriotis—by Pantanjali, Indian Philoso-
pher
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 8
Daughters of
Penelope by Kathy Yiannoulis —
President
H appy 100th Anniversary
Holy Trinity!
Our chapter has kicked off the year with a burst of activity!
Our October meeting was themed as ―Think Pink—Think
Purple‖ where we discussed and
raised awareness for Breast Cancer
and Domestic Violence Month. A raffle was held for a local cancer
charity and materials were
distributed.
A group of sisters attended our
district Convention on Norwich, CT and a convention held by the Bridgeport Council of Churches here at
Holy Trinity.
Our Lets Keep Them Warm Drive is underway, where we are collecting gloves, hats, scarves, warm
socks and small blankets for the needy in the Great
Bridgeport community. (All new items. Please, no coats or clothes.) The items are distributed to local
schools, shelters, crisis centers and hospitals. This
project is one of our favorites and a true labor of love.
Please see the Vision for all drop box locations. Thank you to all who continue to collect these items at
their places of business.
Tickets are on sale for our Turkey Raffle and every
dollar raised supports our scholarship program. We
are also taking orders for our annual Wreath Sale! The deadline for orders is November 24th. They will be
decorated and distributed on December 7th and 8th.
Please consider buying a beautiful wreath decorated
by members of our community!
As the church celebrates its 100th anniversary this
month, the DOP also celebrates its Founders Day and the beginnings of the Daughters of Penelope by
Alexandra Apostolides in 1928 in San Francisco.
Speaking of Founders Day, I was given the
opportunity to write about the history of Daughters of
Penelope here in Bridgeport for our church‘s 100th
Anniversary Commemorative book. My father was a long time
member of AHEPA and was very
proud to wear his pins. Many of
his generation had become members of AHEPA and that was
a big way to be a part of the Greek
community here in the U.S.
What a journey this was in
going through all the materials written for our Founders Day and
in going through the old picture
albums in the archive room.
Spending a little time looking at all the pictures of events and
seeing the faces of all the women
in this group, you cannot help but appreciate the efforts and
commitment they had for the
Daughters of Penelope, Holy Trinity and for the community at
large. Each generation left something to remember and
build upon.
The Daughters of Penelope started in Bridgeport in
1935. There were 32 charter members. The first
officers were President-Electra Halioris Young, Vice President-Helen Papaconstantinou , Secretary-Eva
Politis Zambettas and Treasurer-Angeliki Argiriades.
Unfortunately, there is no group picture. However, I
do have a picture of one of them. My Godmother
was Angeliki Argiriades. Her daughter, my other
Godmother, is Athena (Tina) Morici who is currently serving on the DOP Board of Governors and
was a past president and district governor. It just so
happens that Nouna Tina was president of the DOP the
My Godmother,
Angeliki Argiriades– First DOP
Treasurer in 1935
Past Presidents: Helen Spyrou with my Godmother, Tina
Morici, and my sister, Helen Yeotsas
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 9
year I was born. We grew up
knowing that the Daughters of
Penelope was an important part of their lives. My sister, Helen
Yeotsas, is also a recent
past president. There are too many
members of the DOP to
acknowledge. Each one of them made their mark to
the organization and to
Holy Trinity. Today, we
honor their legacy of service and sisterhood.
We thank them for
attending meetings and conventions, buying raffle
tickets and going to all
those AHEPA dances that took place over the years. We
thank them for their service here at
Holy Trinity and for their
contributions to local causes and to charities such as St. Basil‘s
Academy. I read with the interest
an old newspaper clipping from
the 1970‘s about the major commitment from all the DOP
chapters in CT to the Bridgeport
Hospital Burn Unit. We thank
them for knitting gloves and hats,
for stuffing the food baskets and
always baking and helping when
called. We thank those who on a national level are fighting for
women‘s issues both in the US and
Greece. For me today, being a
member of the Daughters of Penelope gives me a way to give
back to my community and to be
in the company of an amazing
group of women. As we celebrate the 100th
anniversary of our church,
please stop and reflect on all the people who have
passed through to make
Holy Trinity our home. T h e N o v e m b e r
meeting for Daughters of
P e n e l o p e i s o n
Wednesday, November 20th at 7 pm. Please visit
us online at http://
holytrinitybridgeport.org/daughters.html.
Our chapter email is
rg. Lastly, ―Like‖ us on Facebook
at Daughters of Penelope - Bridgeport "Hermes" Chapter 41,
District 7. Please join us!
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2013 DOP Board
Seasons of Love
525,600 Minutes
F ive hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred
minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets In midnights, in cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter and in strife
In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, a year in the life?
How about love?
Measure in love
Seasons of love
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred
minutes Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?
In truths that she learned
Or in times that he cried In bridges he burned
Or the way that she died
It's time now, to sing out Though the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends Remember the love (Oh, you got to, you got to re-
member the love)
Remember the love (You know that life is a gift from
up above) Remember the love (Share love, give love, spread
love)
Measure in love (Measure, measure your life in love) Seasons of love
Measure your life, measure you life in love
Submitted by Vicky Andriotis—from the musical, RENT -
Seasons Of Love
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 10
Ladies Philoptochos
Society
by Lena Protopapas, President
I n 1896, two Greek families
a r r i v e d i n
Bridgeport, but, they
did not stay for long. Both families moved
on elsewhere. In 1901,
A r i s t i d i s Aggelopoulos and his
brother in-law –
Kostas Eliopoulos – came, and in a little
while ten more Greek
families made Bridgeport their home.
In time, altogether, the newcomers realized that they need a body to represent them within the American
Society. And so, they founded the Panhellenic Union
in 1911. One year later they had their first religious service in the Russian church . On April 6, 1913 they
organized the first Greek Community, with another
18 Greek families. On November 8, 1913 Rev. Dionissis Papadatos
was assigned as the first permanent Greek Orthodox
priest to Bridgeport and had his first service at YMCA
on November 21, 1913. On July 20, 1915 the Greek Community bought a building at 36 West Liberty street
and the following year they finished their own church
and had the Perifora of Epitafios in their neigborhood with Syrian, Albanian, and Romanian Orthodox people.
In 1944, the Holy Trinity Mother‘s Club became a
chapter of Philoptochos, founded and at the right
time, when the whole world was in flames. So started the Philoptochos mission by doing good
deeds as a ―friend of the poor.‖ Our first presidents
were Mrs. Bochanis, Mrs. Maltas, and Mrs. Vlantis. The years passed and our community grew.
Holy Trinity moved, finally, to 4070 Park Ave., a
beautiful Byzantine architectural style church - the pride of Greeks of Bridgeport and its greater area.
On November 6, 1966, Bishop Silas assisted by
Rev. William Kehayes had the first service in the
church we have today. The Greek Community of Bridgeport, CT, which started with a handful of
poor immigrants at the turn of the 20th century,
had reach now about 5,000 persons - most of them
professionals and businessmen. The dream of the first newcomers, after a lot of hard work and the
numerous adversities they faced until establishing
themselves in the new
country, became a reality. This year, we
celebrate the 100 year
anniversary of Holy T r i n i t y i n
Bridgeport.
Our gratitude goes to those no longer
with us and the
ones still alive, who
contributed to this g r e a t
accomplishment. The
Gala of 100 years is dedicated to you
who had the dream
to move to the New World, but, kept
always within yourselves, as well as within the
American society, mia mikri Ellada. The duty of us –
the newer generations - is to continue your dream! As a newly elected president of our
Philoptochos Society, I would like to thank you for
your support and your confidence in me, by entrusting me to lead the biggest organization in every Greek
American Church parish. We will stay focused on our
mission of organizing the Greek-American community
to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ by helping those in need. We will continue to improve our cooperation
to get challenging work done efficiently. At the same
time, we aim to strike a fair balance between respecting peoples‘ limited availability, and maintaining our
mission.
While we look forward to the work ahead, I would also like to acknowledge the excellent work done by
our outgoing president, Kalliope Tsitsipas. We are
grateful for her many years of tireless dedication and
solid accomplishments. We look forward to having her help and guide us from her new role as an adviser, for
continuing Philoptochos‘ success.
Philoptochos‘ November Events Food Collection continues (Evergreen).
November 3rd, 2013: Artoklassia/Tray/
Reception—Celebration St Anargyroi (Πνιηνύρνη ηεο Φηινπηώρνπ).
Ννvember 5th: Potluck/ Regular Meeting
November 23-24 Bake Sale
November 30, 2013: Father Andreas‘ Name Day and the 100 Years Celebration of our Community.
1949
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 11
Athletic
Department
by Chris Danas— Director
L eadership. Inspiration. Re-
spect. Perspiration. Values.
Tradition. Community. What do they have in common?
This is
just the
s i m p l e beginning
of what is
e x p e r i -enced in
our youth
a t h l e t i c
l e a g u e . And I can
attest to it. Whether chance or
fate, I have been honored to be the acting Athletic Director at Holy
Trinity in the past year, and as we
look to our 100th anniversary, it gives me pause to think about my
own experiences here as a youth
member.
I believe that my own journey contributes to who I am today, and
the positive experience that youth
experience here today. Let me bring you back to the 1970s ,
when I began playing basketball at
the gym. In fact, as it continues to be today, it was a family activity ,
because my brothers played ball
as well. It was 1976, and I was
not a top athlete. It didn‘t matter. I was happy to have a team to be a
part of and a team that I was able
to be a part of. At that time, there were very few organized youth
teams in the Orthodox community
and in the area. During my 10+
years of playing with Holy Trini-ty, I advanced through the ‗farm
team‖ all the way to intermediate
and experienced a few memorable
championship seasons. My coaches included Coach Frange-
nes, Crowe, Kopple, and Fatsi,
and there may have been others.
These coaches made a life time impression on me, and in some
ways , have inspired me to want to
continue to pay it forward as I can today to other families. As a
youth, I looked up to these coach-
es. I admired them in ways that, many years later as an adult, I can
understand and appreciate even
more. Not only were the coaches
a positive influence, I distinctly remember my parents, and many
others , doing their part at the
snack bar, volunteering at practic-es, coaching, admissions, etc.,
and the sense of pride that was
truly the fabric of Holy Trinity Athletics. I was extremely proud
to be a part of the league, and con-
tinue to find my position as Ath-
letic Director to be an honor that I need to continue to prove my own
eligibility for. I truly enjoy the
interaction with our HT communi-ty tremendously!
Fast forwarding to 2013/14, we
find ourselves in a new world of
instant gratification, technology, and sensory overload. But some
things never change. Leadership.
Inspiration. Respect. Perspiration. Values. Tradition. Faith. Commu-
nity. This still describes Holy
Trinity Athletics today. In fact, turn it up a notch and ask me more
about Inspire Blue - a vision that
helps us restore the pride and en-
ergy in our youth athletics pro-gram. Last year we made great
strides, and I expect that this year
will be even more. We are driven to get the basics right and redis-
cover our passion with every year,
as we did last year. As the director, its takes a lot to
make things happen and get things
done. As a community, we are
working towards restoring the en-ergy and passion in our program
and draw from the strength of our
100 years of our community. We
have great ideas to expand our programs and great ideas to im-
prove our facilities. And, as with
anything worth doing, it takes time and effort and a good dose of
Inspiration and Perspiration.
Come visit us and feel it for your-selves! Our program is competi-
tive, value driven, and builds
young leaders who understand the
dynamic of team work. Welcome to the 2013/14 athlet-
ic season.
Basketball and Volleyball sea-son is here! Looking back to last
year, volley made huge strides in
rebuilding the HT team, and with a championship win last year for
JV basketball, runner for Varsity,
we are confident that we'll have an
exciting season this year. Here are a few important details:
Practices began on Wednesday,
October 16th for Volleyball 5:30 farm, JV 6pm and Varsity 8pm
and Thursday October 17 for Bas-
ketball, Farm team 5:30, 6pm
Youth, 7pm JV / Varsity. A Parent meeting will be soon and each
parent will have an opportunity to
support our teams through volun-teering this season. More infor-
mation and details to come for all
groups. Lastly, we kick off our Inspire
Blue FUNd-RAISING campaign
on November 1st at 7:30, this was
a great FUNdraiser last year that we'll repeat this year - $20 dona-
tion to HT Athletics for 2 hours of
Zumba! All players must be active in a
church youth group, and we ask
that all parents be members in good standing. Remember this is a
TEAM effort and we ask for all to
participate.
“What I know now is that we're all interconnected and that's a really beautiful thing. We have links to everyone else in our lives and in the world. Different people have different journeys for different reasons.
You can't judge, but you can celebrate that there are connections everywhere.”
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 12
Around the
Parish
by Stella Capiris
N OVEMBER 30TH - HOLI-DAY INN - All eyes should be
focused on the 100th Anniver-
sary. Make every effort to attend and en-courage others to also be present for a sen-
timental journey.
The annual FORCC (Fellowship of Or-thodox Churches of Connecticut) Banquet
recently took place at St. Demetri's
Church. This group unites all the Orthodox Churches in Connecticut. One of the high-
lights of the banquet is the awarding of
Scholarships to deserving students from the various Orthodox churches. Representing our Parish
and receiving a Scholarship was Evan Yiannoulis, son
of Chris and Kathy Yiannoulis. We are proud of him
and wish him continued success in his studies at Ford-ham University.
The 2nd annual Coffee hour social and auction host-ed by our Choir on National Church Music Sunday was
a success and enjoyed by everyone. Their goal is to
have the wall in back of the choir loft painted, to in-
clude an icon of St. Romanos, The Hymnographer.
Happy Birthday to Olly Crist, who recently hosted
the Social Hour, with many delicious food items and pastries, at both the Daughters and Philoptochos meet-
ings in honor of her birthday. Happy Birthday to Zoe
Gountas, who recently hosted the luncheon for the Sen-iors on her birthday. We wish them many more happy
and healthy birthdays.
What an outstanding evening of entertainment we recently enjoyed, presented by the Hellenic Cultural
Association. It was live bouzouki and kithara instru-
ments with super singers followed by dancing. The ―Rembetiki Vradia" was an unforgettable evening.
Congratulations to Demetri and Helen Zervos on the marriage of their son, Tony, to Jessica Toth. We wish
for the couple a long and happy life!
Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Tomachinski on
the birth of their beautiful baby
girl "Georgina". The proud
grandparents are Mr. & Mrs. Ste-ve Grafos. Na sas zisse.
Congratulations to Father Andre-as, George Andriotis,
and Felicia Bellows on complet-
ing the 26.2 mile ING Hartford Marathon. We admire them for
their courage!
The GOYA had their delightful annual picnic. We are always
proud of our youth and their en-
deavors. They are planning a fun-filled year. Anyone wishing to
join, contact the President - Eleni
Demestihas.
The P.T.O. held its annual Fall Harvest Brunch
and, as always, it was plentiful and delicious. We thank
them for continuing to support our children. They are also planning to send "care packages" to our college
students.
Philoptochos will hold its annual Thanksgiving
Bake and Food Sale on November 23rd and 24th. This
always helps with your cooking and baking for Thanks-
giving preparations.
Congratulations to Tilemachos and Barbara
Tsoupas on the birth of their second grandchild, a boy , Leonidas Alexandras. Leonidas weighed in at 7 Ibs. 12
oz. and came home to his adorable sister who was anx-
iously awaiting his arrival. Na sas zisse!
So nice to see Lucille Delos back in church following
her recent surgery. Perastika and get well wishes are
extended to James Coclin, who is recuperating from surgery and is doing well enough to be released from
the convalescent home.
The Community extends its deepest sympathy to the
family of Evangeline Cranos and to the family of Sally
Perna - two lovely ladies. Our deepest sympathy to the family of Daniel Dionis, a long-time parishioner and
our former custodian. Our deepest sympathy to the fam-
ily of Louis Geanuracos, to the family of Angeline
(Allis) Forte. The family of Andonios Valakas held a one
―Somewhere out there is a unique place for you to help others— a unique life role for you to fill that only you can fill. ― ~ Thomas Kinkade
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 13
year memorial in Greece with his relatives and friends in at-
tendance. May his memory be
eternal. May all their memories
be forever eternal! Wishing eve-ryone a Blessed and Happy
Thanksgiving!
Church
Profile
Stella Capiris
S erving the Church for
many years in many ca-
pacities has been her
"passion" and "dedication". She served as the Church Secretary
for many years. She served as the
first woman president of the
community and has served on the Parish Council for many years in
many official capacities. She can
be found every Sunday assisting
in the Narthex. She served as president of the P.T.O. for six
years. She served as a Sunday
School Teacher for over 40 years and as the Sunday School Direc-
tor for over 10 years. She served
as President of Philopochos for 4 years and continues to serve on
the Philoptochos Board. She
monthly visits all nursing homes.
She co-founded the Senior Citi-zen Organization and coordinated
their many activities. She is a
member of the Daughters of Pe-nelope mam-years serving as
vice-president, secretary, and
scholarship chairman. She re-cently was awarded a life-time
achievement award for the Dis-
trict. She serves as the archives/
historian director . She founded the Archive Room with her hus-
band in honor of their parents.
She was recently honored by the parish for her 50 years of dedi-
cated service. She has served on
the National Philoptochos Board, served as president of the Dio-
cese Philoptochos Board and was
recently honored by the Diocese
for her 50 years of service to Philoptochos. She served on the
original St. Michael's Home for
the Elderly board as well as hav-ing served as Secretary on the St.
Basil's Academy Board.
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 14
! Our Greek Afternoon School
Would like to say “Thank you” Recognize the Special people and individuals
For building - helping and giving us Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.
And Wish a Happy 100th Anniversary
Σο Ελληνικό μασ χολείο
Εφχεται ςε όλουσ Χρόνια Πολλά για την 100ην Επζτειο τησ Αγίασ Σριάδασ,
Και ζνα μεγάλο ΕΤΧΑΡΙΣΩ !
’ΑΤΣΟΤ ΠΟΤ ΕΡΓΑΣΗΚΑΝ, ΕΚΣΙΑΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΔΩΑΝ ε μασ την Αγία Σριάδα.
Also: Wishing Father Andreas Happy Name Day! And Happy Thanksgiving to All!
Κ. Ελζνη
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 15
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Altar Boys—1960 Myrtle Ave
NOVEMBER 2013 CELEBRATING 100 YEARS 19
Centennial Gala - On the Menu
Cocktail Hour -Park City Grill Restaurant & Lido Room
Assorted Cheeses & Gourmet Crackers with fresh fruit garnish
Bruschetta Fried Calamari Mini Antipasta
Station with pepperoni, salami, kalamata
olives, roasted red peppers, Stuffed grape leaves, feta cheese, sweet
pickles, giardinara, hummus, pita bread & bread sticks
Butler Passed Hors D'oeuvres
Franks in a Blanket, Coconut Shrimp, Mini Crab Cakes
Dinner · Saturday, November 30 · 6:00 pm
Salad Chicken Francaise- sauced on bottom
& top Broiled Salmon in Puff Pastry with a
dill sauce Above served with Wild Rice & Chef's
choice of fresh vegetable NY Strip cooked Med Well topped
with a mushroom demi-glace served with Russian fingerling potatoes, and chef's choice of
fresh vegetable
Dessert & Coffee White Cake with lemon filling, whipped
cream frosting served with vanilla ice cream
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To Order: Call either Holy Trinity– 203.374.5561, Kalliope– 203.926.0137, or Lena Protopapas– 203.929.1582 by November 17, 2013
Pick up: Saturday, November 23, 2013 between 10:00 am and 1:00pm or Sunday, November 24, 2013
$8/ loaf
Philoptochos Thanksgiving Offering Please help us to stock our food
pantry and prepare
Gift Baskets for the Needy Our pantry is in need of the following items:
Please bring your items to the Church or Contact Kalliope Tsitsipas for more info: 203.926.0137
Rice
Pasta Sauce
Canned Vegetables
Olive Oil
Cake or muffin mixes
Crackers
Cranberry Sauce
Non-dairy Creamer
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Pasta
Canned Soup
Cookies
Vinegar
Canned Sweet Potatoes
Philoptochos Supports the Pajama Program.
Help us to make a difference by donating new
pajamas or new children’s books.
Contact Kalli at 203.926.0137
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