Καλὀ Πἀσχα και Καλἠ Ανἀστασις! blessed holy week...
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Regis try P.3
Par ish News P.4
Youth News P.6
Ph i lop tochos News P.7
AXIOS! ORDINATION OF METROPOLITAN
NATHANAEL OF CHICAGO
NEW YORK – Metropolitan-elect Nathanael of
Chicago was ordained to the Episcopacy at the
Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Sat-
urday, March 17, according to the apostolic tradi-
tion.
His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Geron of
America presided at the services. The Metropoli-
tans, members of the Holy Eparchial Synod, the
bishops of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese and
hierarchs from other jurisdictions members of the
Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the
United States, as well as visiting hierarchs from
abroad, concelebrated in the Divine Liturgy. In
total, sixteen Hierarchs took part in the services
assisted by 14 priests and four deacons.
The new Metropolitan, in his ordination ad-
dress, spoke about the steps that led him to the
priesthood. He
expressed his grati-
tude to His All
Holiness Ecumeni-
cal Patriarch Bar-
tholomew, the Ho-
ly and Sacred Syn-
od of the Ecumeni-
cal Patriarchate,
the Hierarchs of
the Holy Eparchial
Synod of the Arch-
diocese and all
people who helped
and supported him
along the way. In addressing Archbishop Deme-
trios, Metropolitan Nathanael said: “Your Emi-
nence, venerable Elder Archbishop of America,
with profound respect and infinite gratitude I
thank you for providing me numerous opportuni-
ties to serve the Church through important posts,
which offered me ecclesiastical experience and
the opportunity to demonstrate my devotion to the
Church. I am especially grateful that you ordained
me a deacon and a presbyter, and today will re-
ceive from your honorable hands the grace of the
archpriesthood.”
Archbishop Demetrios, in his paternal exhorta-
tion to the newly ordained hierarch, drew upon
the wise admonitions in the letters of the Great
Apostle Saint Paul to Timothy and Titus and
asked Metropolitan-elect Nathanael to be a model
and an example in attitude, in faith, in love and
patience; “Let no one despise your youth, but be
an example to the believers in word, in conduct,
in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” (1 Timo-
thy 4:12)
Axios! (He is Worthy!) exclaimed the Arch-
bishop, the hierarchs and clergy and all the faith-
ful in the congregation at several points during
the service. The Ordination service and Hierar-
chical Divine Liturgy was attended by hundreds
of faithful, friends and relatives of the new Met-
ropolitan, some who had travelled from Greece,
and representatives of the diplomatic corps of
Greece and Cyprus.
The hierarchs concelebrating in the services
were: Archbishop Demetrios of America,
Metropolitans Methodios of Boston, Alexios of
Atlanta, Savas of Pittsburgh, Gerasimos of San
Francisco, Evangelos of New Jersey; and
Archbishops Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox
Metropolis of the Americas, Peter (ROCOR) of
Chicago and Mid-America and Michael of New
York and New Jersey; Bishops Irinej of the
Eastern American Diocese of the Serbian
Orthodox Church in North and South America,
Maxim of the Western American Diocese of the
Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South
America, also concelebrating were Bishops
Andonios of Phasiane, Sevastianos of Zela,
Apostolos of Medeia, Makarios of Christopolis
and Ierotheos of Efkarpia.
Serving Presbyters were: the V. Rev.
Archimandrites Sylvester Berberis, Anastasios
Tasopoulos, Dionysios Anagnostopoulos,
Nektarios Papazafiropoulos and Chrysostom
Panos. The Rev. Protopresbyters Christopher
Metropulos, Panagiotis Salmas, Josiah Trenham,
Elias Villis, John Vlahos. The Rev. Economos
John Ketchum, George Anastasiou, Evangelos
Evangelides and Mark Rashkov. The serving
deacons were: Archdeacons John Chryssavgis
and Panteleimon Papadopoulos and Deacons
Vasilios Smith and Christos Avramopoulos.
Please see: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmcBXZPm
Ordination video
Archbishop Demetrios’ Letter to the faithful of
the Holy Metropolis of Chicago
Χριστὀς Ανἐστη! Αληθὠς Ανἐστη!
Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
Καλὀ Πἀσχα και Καλἠ Ανἀστασις! Blessed Holy Week and Resurrection!
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2018 Stewardship Pledges Received: thank you to the
following faithful servants who have
submitted their stewardship pledge
cards for 2018 (as of March 16).
Please join them today!
Ronald & Reva Adkins
John & Carol Alexis
Diane Anastos
Lucy Angelis
George & Christy Antoniou
John & Marina Antoniou
Steve & Minda Arsenault
Bob Baffa
Philip & Judy Barbatsis
John & Alexis Bighley
Tom & Patricia Bombolis
Evelyn Boosalis
Peter & Susan Boosalis
Jeff & Tina Bovis-Fuller
George & Shannon Canas
James Canelake
Eric Chadwick & Andrea
Faches
Evelyn Charnell
Dino & Stephanie Contolatis
Evelyn Daltas
Becka Dokos
Louis & Mary Ellis
Adam Fuller
Stephanie George & Mark
Flumerfelt
John Georgolopolos
Lama Ghazi
Rhonda Gilliland
Richard & Sue Gnetz
Mike & Nanette Gomez
Kiki Gore
John & Mary Grant
Rob & Lani Hattling
Eleni Hoffhines
Peter & Stella Hofrenning
Amalia Hummel
Petko Ivanov
Misael & Lisa Jordan
George & Rita Kanavati
Richard Kanavati
Stephen Kanavati
Dimitrios & Dimitra Kaniamos
Jon & Peggy Kennedy
Anne Knocke
Katie Knocke
Angie Kontenakos
Mathew & Ellen Kritikos
James Lake
John & Kara Lake
Tom & Dawn Lampros
Georgia Lucas
Jon & Anastasia Maier
Mary Makredes
Michael & Margery Makredes
Georgia Mann
Jo Ann Mann
Michael & Christina Manos
Dan & Jackie Matuska
Patricia McAdams
Thomas Moran
Eric & Dina Negron
Savvas & Katerina Nikolaides
Benjamin & Sophia Pachito
Chris Panayoton
Isodoros Papaconstantinou
Stella Papaconstantinou
Pres Miriam Paraschou
Soule & Vicky Paraschou
James & Sally Pathos
Mike & Jill Patrou
Spero & Lana Payton
Lampros & Karen Petanitis
Dimitri & Sophia Pitsavas
Theologia Pitsavas
Athanasios Poulios
Paul & Elizabeth Poulios
John & Sue Poulos,John
Nicholas & Effie Psimos
Steve & Rallou Rice
Ted Roungou
Clark & Denise Smith
Fr. Daniel & Pres. Eileen Si-
mon
James Theros
Gordon & Sandra Thole
Dean & Dena Tortorelis
Kostas & Naomi Tsantir
Georgia Tsepelis
Joanna Tzenis & Dean Natto
Andrea Walkush
Joe Weiser
Christina Withers
Lily Zahariades
Fr. Rick with Deacon Perry Hamalis on
February 25, 2018.
< MEOCCA clergy at Pan-Orthodox Vespers on March 4, 2018. ˅
Deacon Perry at Sunday of Orthodoxy/Icons
Vespers at St. Mary’s OCA.
Church Staff and Office Hours
Church Office Hours
M-F 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
Rev. Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews, Presbyter
(651) 222-6220
Email: [email protected]
Julie Delton
Administrative Assistant
(651) 222-6220
Email: [email protected]
Nathaniel Kostick
Youth Minister
(763) 221-7196
Email: [email protected]
Alexis Bighley
Parish Council President
(651) 308-8814
Email: [email protected]
Nathaniel Kostick
Sunday School Director
(763) 221-7196
Email: [email protected]
Stella Hofrenning
Greek School Director
(651) 917-2668
Email: [email protected]
Vicky Paraschou
Philoptochos President
(763) 785-8882
Email: [email protected]
Julie Delton
Editor, Glad Tidings Newsletter
Email: GladTidings @stgeorgegoc.org
George Mastrogiorgis
Loaves and Fishes Coordinator
FOCUS-MN Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Stephen Arsenault
Bookstore
Email: [email protected]
Submissions for upcoming issues
are due by the 10th of the preceding
month.
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St. Paul. MN
Please donate a Festal Icon (11" x 14") in memory of a loved one. The cost is $75.00 per icon.
The icons are displayed in the church nave and are put out for veneration on the Feast Day
of the Saint or event they represent. To donate an icon, fill out a form (found on the
revolving bulletin board in the social hall) and return it to the office.
Festal Icons Needed
Address Changes George & Gayra Eliou 757 Upper Colonial Drive Mendota Hts, MN 55118
Don & Marlene Nelson 1401 E 100th St, Bldg 1301, #330 Bloomington, MN 55425
Registry Baptisms
February 24 Michael Natto
Funerals
March 9 Georgia Ehrich
Memorials March 18 Pendy Eliou (40 days)
Saint Thomai April 14
Holy Myrrhbearers 3rd Sunday of Pascha
Pilate Washes his Hands Holy Week
Georgia Ehrich
Estate Planning Presentation:
on Sunday,
April 15, in the
social hall fol-
lowing Divine
Liturgy, an Es-
tate Planning
seminar will be
led by attorney
Robert Chandler who assists families
and individuals with their estate
planning needs, including directing
the appropriate disposition of assets,
tax minimization, incapacity plan-
ning, and probate avoidance. He
counsels regarding integration of
assets (e.g. life insurance policies,
retirement accounts, business inter-
ests, and real property) into a com-
prehensive wealth transfer plan. Ad-
vanced planning needs of some cli-
ents involve sophisticated tools and
techniques. These include transfer of
wealth through lifetime gifting, cre-
ation of insurance trusts, charitable
split interest trusts, special needs
trusts, and generation skipping
transfers. Mr. Chandler has over 40
years of legal experience and was a
guest speaker in the 2016 St. George
Lenten Lecture Series.
Festival of Nations (FON)
May 3-6: running for 86 years,
helping others discover our world
and its cultural diversity,
www.festivalofnations.com. St.
George community has been in-
volved from the beginning. This event is
a fun way to celebrate a culture that
many parishioners share and the pro-
ceeds benefit our church and its minis-
tries. Please join us by volunteering at
the Greek Café. Roles inc. move in, set-
up, food prep, server, clean up, break-
down, move-out. Use Sign-Up Genius to
volunteer: www.tinyurl.com/2018FON-
Greek or contact Tom Lampros. The dates
avoid Easter and Mothers’ Day this year
so we are expecting some good crowds.
Updated Directories Available
Soon: new parish member directories
will print family street/mailing address-
es, phone numbers (including cell) and
email addresses that are currently in the
church database. If you do NOT want
any of these to be published, please con-
tact the church office by April 9 to indi-
cate which should be “unlisted.”
Why Fish for Funeral Makaria/
Luncheon? Fish is the traditional and
appropriate main dish for four reasons:
1) fish is the ancient symbol for being a
Christian because the ancient word
ΙΧΘΥΣ is the acronym for Jesus Christ
God's Son Savior see https://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthys), 2) Jesus
called Peter and Andrew to become
"fishers of men" (Mt. 4:18; Mark 1:17), 3)
broiled fish is the meal that Jesus ate
after His Resurrection (Luke 24:42), 4)
Fish is an acceptable fasting food
(during fasting periods) as a concession
to the pastoral circumstances of a funer-
al (see https://orthodoxwiki.org/
Fasting). If a funeral takes place within
Great and Holy Lent, no cheese/dairy is
allowed. However, wine, like fish, is
allowed by concession.
Social Hall & Kitchen Notice: re-
minder to ministry leaders, please check
with the office in advance to make sure
that it isn’t already booked before plan-
ning to use the social hall or kitchen.
Reservations must be confirmed by Fa-
ther Rick who manages the official
church calendar. If your group would
like to host social hour on a specific Sun-
day, please contact Naomi Tsantir (612-
781-6485) to be added to the fellowship
schedule.
Parish Council Update: The Parish
Council approved a proposal, at the
February meeting, to improve the sound
system in the: sanctuary, choir loft, so-
cial hall and lower level hallway. Thank
you to Milam Paraschou for designing a
plan to enhance sound projection and
tonal quality, while reducing feedback.
The total cost is $6,300. An anonymous
donation has been made for the first
$2,500 and the Council wants to raise an
additional $1,500. The remaining funds
will come from capital improvements.
Please contact Alexis Bighley at abigh-
[email protected] if you would like to con-
tribute.
Parishioners interested in trying their
hand at ushering will have an oppor-
tunity to attend a brief training on April
22, following Divine Liturgy. If you are
looking for a way to serve the church
and meet your fellow church goers, this
is your chance. For more information,
contact Diane Anastos.
Memory Eternal: the servant of God,
Georgia Ehrich, fell asleep in the Lord on
March 1st. Funeral was March 9. Sympa-
thies to sisters Cecelia Johnson, Ann Pa-
thos, and Mary Ellen Arvanitis. God grant
her eternal rest!
Pascha Flower Contributions: for
flowers to beautify the sanctuary and
epitaphion during Holy Week & Pascha
may be made in memory of a loved one
by filling out the enclosed form. Memo-
rial names will be listed in the Pascha
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bulletin if received in the office by Sun-
day, April 1. Thank you!
Stewardship 2018: Theme is
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your
heart as working for the Lord and not for
men” (Col.3:23). 91 pledges have been
received averaging $1,469, total
$133,714. Three things to do: 1) pray for
God’s inspiration and guidance, 2)
plan-budget stewardship first, 3) give
generously and sacrificially, at least
three percent (3%) of gross yearly in-
come. We thank you for supporting the
ministries of our parish!
Palm Sunday Fish Dinner: On Sun-
day, April 1st AHEPA will prepare and
serve the traditional fish dinner. Cost is
$15 for adults and $10 for children with
proceeds going to local scholarships
and Greek School activities. If you are
in town we would love to have you
join us as we prepare for Pascha.
Many Years! to Joan Spell who cele-
brates her 100th birthday. Joan and her
husband Peter were members of our
parish for many years. May God grant
her health and beautiful memories of a
blessed life!
Pan-Orthodox Women’s Tea: Satur-
day, April 28th from 3-5pm, at St. Mary’s
GOC in Minneapolis. Speaker Lori Paul
will address the challenging issue of
human trafficking. Meeting and inter-
acting with other Orthodox women is
always inspiring. The food tables will
be loaded with sweets and savories
that women bring! We hope to see
many of you there.
St. Paul. MN
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APRIL NAMEDAYS
(March 31: Lazaros Christoforides, Mr. Lazaros Christofo-rides); April 8: Anastacia Zahl, Tess Chadwick, Stacy Katsiy-iannis, Anastasia Maier, Anastasia Mastrogiorgis, Anastasia Pathos, Ann Pathos, Tasso Pappas, Soule Paraschou; April 10: Milton Marinos; April 21: Alexis Bighley, Alexis McMahon, Alexandra Rylander, Sandy Thole; April 22: Nathan Rice; April 23: George Antoniou, George Canas, Shaun Canas, George Contolatis, George Dendias, Fr.George Dokos, George Eliou, George Kanavati, George Kappas, George Mantoles, George Marazes, George Mastrogiorgis, George Taratsas, Sue Gnetz, Georgia Lucas, Georgia Mann, Georgios Giannakis, Yeoryia Christoforides; April 25: Mark Johnson, Markos Maier; April 29: Jason Van Cleave, Jason Brouzakis.
APRIL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES Christ & Vi Rozikes, April 2; Richard & Sue Gnetz, April 24; Peter & Susan Boosalis, April 13; Steve & Minda Arsenault, April 27; Andreas Sitorengo & Sophia Christoforides, April 24.
APRIL BAPTISMS/CHRISMATIONS Lampros Petanitis, April 10; Margery Makredes, April 1; De-metrios Verros, April 12; Lucy Angelis, April 28; Athanasios Poulios, April 14; Maria Paraschou, April 16; Dimitri Cender, April 18; Aristea McMahon, April 25; Dean Natto, April 21; Joan Kantos, April 6, Mike Gomez, April 18; Eric Chadwick, April 23; Dana Tountas, April 8; Luke Rylander, April 8; Kimberly Gounaikis, April 28; Don Johnson, April 13; Jon Maier, April 4; Brant Johnson, April 20; Dawn Lampros, April 12; John, Lerah, Joleh, Brennan, Lucius & Maud McCullough, April 15.
APRIL BIRTHDAYS Christina Andrist, April 8; Penelope Andrist, April 17; Minda Arsenault, April 27; Alexis Berge, April 9; Joshua Berge, April 13; Tina Bovis-Fuller, April 7; Constantina Cender, April 5; Panorea Contolatis, April 4; Mrs. Panorea Contolatis, April 11; Katina Dahl, April 6; Chris Georgantones, April 5; Rhonda Gilliland, April 27; Mike Gomez, April 1; John Grant, April 17; Demetri Halatsis,April 23; Eleni Hoffhines, April 19; Peter Hofrenning, April 24; Tabitha Kazaglis, April 16; Dina Kiprose, April 20; Tom Lampros, April 30; Katerina Karter, April 13; Tom Moran, April 8; Angela Mortari, April 13; Nick Mortari, April 9; Billy Paraschou, April 7; Teddy Petsopoulos, April 30; Paul Poulios, April 6; Mark Simon, April 5; John Speros, April 8; Kathy Strenglis, April 7; Dana Tountas, April 11; Mersina Van Cleave, April 23; Kalliopi Verros, April 28.
Fr. George Dokos was the homilist at Pan-Orthodox Vespers on March 4, 2018.
If your name does not appear or it is listed incorrectly, please contact the church office at [email protected].
Letter from the Youth Minister:
To our Beloved Community,
I hope everyone is having a blessed
Lenten Season. It is such a blessing to see
the community worshiping together and
enjoying fellowship after Divine Liturgy.
Everyone is so kind and vibrant that it is
such a joy to see everyone coming to-
gether.
On March 3rd we had our annual Len-
ten Retreat where the adults had a Len-
ten lecture in the social hall while I had
activities and lesson plans prepared for
the children. To my surprise, the chil-
dren preferred to sit in with the adults. It
was so wonderful! Others preferred find-
ing a nice quiet place to work on home-
work, or just relax in the vicinity. I was
very proud of each and every one of
them. Orthodoxy is not just one shared
religion that we all gravitate toward, it is
much more of a way of life. Seeing the
children comfortable to relax at St.
George and integrate it in their lives.
On March 17th, our GOYA youth group
visited and volunteered at Feed My
Starving Children, where they created
meal packages that are sent around the
world to server hungry children. It was
great to see all the participation we had!
Not only that, we were but only one
group there. The entire place was
packed, even though it was St. Patrick’s
Day! Together that night, we packed 232
boxes of food. This came to a grand total
of 50,112 meals. Wow!
Finally, I wanted to say thank you to
all the children who participated in this
year’s Oratorical Festival. I though eve-
ryone put in a lot of effort into making
the event a great success! The kids did so
wonderful. Our pre-school through 3rd
grade all sang the Trisagion hymn. The 4
-6 graders all showed their crafts that
they are selling for fundraiser donations.
And the Junior and Seniors presented
their presentations based on a topic of
their choice. Thank you especially to the
teachers for helping make this happen.
They have dedicated time out of their
Sunday School time to help prepare their
students. Thank you so much!
In Christ,
Nathaniel Kostick
Youth Minister
Summer Camp Early Bird Registra-
tion: opens April 17th at 10am. Registra-
tion fees are $430 from 4/17/2018-
5/4/2018 and $480 from 5/5/2018-
5/24/2018. Dates for this year’s camp are
June 30-July 6, 2018. For more info, con-
tact [email protected]. St. George
Greek offers the James Nikitas Camp
Scholarship to help our kids attend Sum-
mer Camp. Contact Fr. Rick for more
info.
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Feed my Starving Children on March 17, 2018.
Sunday of Orthodoxy/Icons on February 25, 2018.
˅ Oratorical Festival participants on March 18, 2018.
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St. Paul. MN
To aid the poor, the destitute, the
hungry, the aged, the sick, the unem-
ployed, the orphaned, the imprisoned,
the widowed, the handicapped, the
victims of disasters, to undertake the
burial of impoverished persons and to
offer assistance to anyone who may
need the help of the Church through
fund raising effort
–From the Mission Statement
of National Philoptochos
Philoptochos is the philanthropic arm of the Greek Orthodox Arch-
diocese of America. We are an army of women following the exam-
ple of the Lord, Who is full of love and compassion, over 26,000
strong nationally, who work to alleviate the suffering of individuals
and families across our country and around the globe. Whether it is
paying a medical bill to assist a family with a critically ill child, pay-
ing rent or a mortgage so that a family can remain in their home, or
sending fresh water to victims of a national disaster, Philoptochos is
always there assisting others by the grace of God with love and pray-
ers.
We very much appreciate
the support, time, generosity
and prayers of our communi-
ty members. If you are inter-
ested to learn more about
Philoptochos, we warmly
invite you to join us! Our
next meeting will be held on
Sunday, May 6th following
Divine Liturgy.
In Christ’s service,
Vicky Paraschou
From the Parish Council President Alexis Bighley
Dear Fellow Parishioner,
There is good news on St George 's investment earnings for 2017. We have two investment accounts, one of which is for opera-
tions of the church, and the other, a restricted donor account. The total dollars and earnings in those accounts for 2017 are:
Operations Account: (available to help cover expenses throughout the year but replenished by stewardship dollars annually) year
end cash balance $ 245,397, earning 10.36%
Donor Restricted Account: $ 296,502, earning 10.46%
Special thanks to the Investment Committee: Jim Theros, Jon Kennedy and George Mastrogiorgis for excellent oversight.
Please feel free to contact me if you would enjoy the challenge and satisfaction of serving on any committees for St. George. I look forward to
seeing everyone at the Parish Assembly meeting on Sunday, April 29, where we will serve a light lunch.
Yours in Christ,
Alexis Bighley
Veneration of Cross on March
11, 2018.
ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
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St. Paul, Minnesota 55105
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Glad Tidings April 2018
REGULAR WEEKLY SERVICES
Holy Confession: By Appointment
Vespers: (Oct. - May) Saturday 5:00 pm
Orthros: Sunday 8:15 am
Sunday School: (Sept. - May)
following Communion
Divine Liturgy: Sunday 9:30 am
WEEKDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Please see our online calendar and bulletin for latest schedule updates: http://stgeorgegoc.org/calendar/
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Monday, April 2 Bridegroom Service 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 3
Presanctified Liturgy 9:00 a.m. Bridegroom Service 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 4
Holy Unction Service 3:00 p.m. Bridegroom Service with Unction
7:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 5 Vesperal Liturgy of Mystical
Supper 9:00 a.m. Holy Passion—12 Gospels
7:00 p.m.
Friday, April 6 Royal Hours 9:00 a.m.
Descent from Cross Vespers 3:00 p.m.
Lamentations 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 7 Vesperal Liturgy-Descent into
Hades 9:00 a.m. Orthros-Resurrection 11:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 10
Sts. Raphael, Nicholas & Irene Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m.
Monday, April 23
St. George Orthros 8:00 a.m.
Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m.
April 2018
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 +PALM SUNDAY
8:15am ORTHROS
9:30am LITURGY
12pm AHEPA Fish Dinner
4p-7:30p FOCUS MN - Serve a Meal
4pm LENTEN VESPERS (St Herman's Orthodox Church)
7pm BRIDEGROOM SERVICE
2 4:30p-6:30p Loaves & Fishes (St Matthew's Catholic Church)
7pm BRIDEGROOM SERVICE
3 9a-11a PRESANCTIFIED LITURGY
7pm BRIDEGROOM SERVICE
4 +FAST DAY
11:30a-4:30p FOCUS MN - Food Shelf
3pm HOLY UNCTION SERVICE
7pm BRIDEGROOM SERVICE W/ UNCTION
5 +ST. THEODORA
9am VESPERAL LITURGY OF MYSTICAL SUPPER
7pm HOLY PASSION - 12 GOSPELS
6 +FAST DAY
9am ROYAL HOURS
3pm DESCENT FROM CROSS VESPERS
7pm LAMENTATIONS of EPITAPHIOS
7 9am VESPERAL LITURGY - DESCENT INTO HADES
11pm ORTHROS - RESURRECTION
8 +HOLY PASCHA+
12am RESURRECTION SERVICE
1am DIVINE LITURGY
2:30am Lamb Dinner
11am AGAPE VESPERS
4p-7:30p FOCUS MN - Serve a Meal
4:30p-6:30p Greek Dance Practice
9
10 +STS. RAPHAEL, NICHOLAS & IRENE
9am LITURGY
10:30am Bright Week Breakfast
11 11:30a-4:30p FOCUS MN - Food Shelf
12 10a-2:30p FOCUS MN - Work Day (odd jobs)
13 10:30a-2:30p FOCUS MN - Clothes Closet
14 5pm VESPERS
15 +ANTIPASCHA - ST. THOMAS
8:15am ORTHROS
9:30am LITURGY
12p-1p Estate Planning Seminar w/ Robert Chandler JD
4p-7:30p FOCUS MN - Serve a Meal
4:30p-6:30p Greek Dance Practice
16 7pm Catechism Class
17 11am MEOCCA Mtg. (IOCC USA Office, 6135 Kellogg Ave Suite 223, Edina, MN 55424)
6:30pm Parish Council Mtg.
18 +FAST DAY
11:30a-4:30p FOCUS MN - Food Shelf
19 10a-2:30p FOCUS MN - Work Day (odd jobs)
12p-1p OCF at UST (UST)
7p-9p Ahepa Mtg
20 +FAST DAY
10:30a-2:30p FOCUS MN - Clothes Closet
21 12p-3p Youth Post-Paschal Party
5pm VESPERS
22 +3RD SUN. PASCHA - MYRRHBEARERS
8:15am ORTHROS
9:30am LITURGY
4p-7:30p FOCUS MN - Serve a Meal
6pm PARISH FEASTDAY VESPERS
7pm Parish Feastday Dinner
23 +ST. GEORGE
8am ORTHROS
9am LITURGY
11am Parish Feastday Luncheon
24
25 +FAST DAY
+ST. MARK THE EVANGELIST
11:30a-4:30p FOCUS MN - Food Shelf
26 10a-2:30p FOCUS MN - Work Day (odd jobs)
10a-12p Glad Tidings Mailing
27 +FAST DAY
10:30a-2:30p FOCUS MN - Clothes Closet
28 9:30am Divine Liturgy Eau Clair (Eau Claire WI)
2p-5p Pan-Orthodox Women's Tea (St Mary's Greek Orthodox Church)
5pm VESPERS
29 +4TH SUN. PASCHA - PARALYTIC
8:15am ORTHROS
9:30am LITURGY
12pm Parish Assembly
4p-7:30p FOCUS MN - Serve a Meal
4:30p-6:30p Greek Dance Practice
30
COMING IN MAY…
1-3 Metropolis Clergy Retreat
3-6 Festival of Nations
13 Mother’s Day
16 APODOSIS OF PASCHA
17 ASCENSION OF OUR LORD
20 Graduation Sunday
27 PENTECOST
28 Memorial Day Holiday
St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 1111 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105; 661-222-6220, www.stgeorgegoc.org
Parish Council Meeting Minutes Summary February 20, 2018
I. Call Meeting to Order – 6:36 p.m.
II. Opening Prayers and Readings (February 20) – Gen. 1: 14-23, Isaiah 1:19-2:3, Prov. 1:20-33
III. Submission of past Parish Council Meeting Minutes – Stephen Arsenault – 6:46 p.m.
Motion: To accept the Parish Council Minutes of January 17, 2018.
Moved by Jim; Seconded: Diane. Motion passed unanimously
IV. Treasurer’s Report– John Simon - Deferred
V. Committee Reports –
A. Stewardship Report- submitted by Alexis Bighley and Fr. Rick - 6:52 p.m.
Fr. presented the Stewardship Details Through January. Jon Kennedy will co-chair Stewardship Committee with Alexis.
I. Stewardship Totals: 2017- $250,000.
Total Stewardship Dollars Received was $ 257,060
II. Totals 2018-Pledges Received thru JANUARY Month End
A. 68 Parishioner Pledged-$ 107,923 (Previous Year 70 / $ 125,671)
of which 20 increased for a total of $ 12,030. 5 Parishioners decreased their pledges by $4,150.
B. Stewardship, Fr. encouraged Parish Council members to attend services during the Fast, at Saint George and various
presentations and services in other Orthodox churches.
IV. New Business
A. Strategic Planning Process – Father Rick – 7:04 p.m. Fr. presented the basics of Strategic Planning. Mentioned are
the mission of St. George from Parish Regulations, assessing our parish, setting goals, organizing, and a paradigm to go
forward. (see handout). Alexis is looking for people to serve on the Strategic Planning Committee. First meeting will be
after Pascha.
B. Church Sound System – Milam Paraschou – 7:22 pm. Milam presented the proposal comparison and options for the
sound system for the choir, social hall, sanctuary, and lower level hallway. Total cost: $4,500. Motion: that we accept the
proposal presented and allocate an addition of $1,600 over a current donor to complete the audio work. Moved: George,
Second: Diane. Passed unanimously.
C. Contact info for Glad Tidings to be published – 7:23 p.m. Alexis mentioned that the contact list of Parish Council
members will be publish, in future in the Glad Tidings.
D. Roselawn Cemetery plots pricing 2018 – After a short presentation
Motion: That we accept the proposed Pricing as presented. Moved: Diane, Seconded: Steve K.
Passed unanimously.
E. YTD investment return (Operating Fund) through 12-31-2017 $245,397 (10.36%).
YTD investment return (Restricted-Donor Fund) $296,502 (10.46%).
1% fee for investment advisor. – Alexis
F. Request for a $10,000 Contribution – Philoxenia House Ministry – Alexis 7:29 p.m.
Discussion tonight on our response and Philoxenia House Ministry funding request.
In December 2017, we gave $2,000 to Philoxenia House Mission and Benevolence Funds. After a discussion, Alexis
suggested that Philoxenia House provide a speaker to the parish during Sunday coffee hour, to urge contributions, and that
the 2018 M & B distribution of $2,000 be advanced early as matching funds of collections at the presentation.
No motion was presented since Philoxenia House Ministry is part of an existing M & B funding projects. Approval of the
presentation to the parish was by unanimous consensus.
G. Basketball Tournament Update – Milam and George - 8:07 p.m. Report on the activity and location.
VII. Other Business
A. Glad Tidings articles: Diane is writing a column, Alexis on occasion, and others are encouraged to contribute to Glad
Tidings.
B. New Metropolitan of Chicago. Chicago Enthronement date March 24th.
C. Anniversary Book. Final editing is being done by Julie.
Motion: that the Executive Committee be given authorization to research excess funds available to finish the
Anniversary Book project in a timely manner. Moved: Diane; Second: Jim.Passed unanimously.
VII. Adjournment: 8:35 p.m. Moved: Steve A., Seconded: Steve K. Passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted: Stephen Arsenault, Parish Council Secretary
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Where: St. George GOC social hall
When: Sunday, April 15, 2018 at 12:00pm
As liberator of prisoners and protector of those in poverty;
As physician of the sick and defender of ruling kings;
O Triumphant Great Martyr George, intercede with Christ our God
to save our souls.
March 20, 2018
FEAST DAY CELEBRATION OF
SAINT GEORGE THE GREAT MARTYR
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
On behalf of the community we extend our arms of invitation to you. Please join us for
the feast day celebration of Saint George. The services and activities are as follows:
Sunday, April 22nd Great Vespers…….6:00PM
Dinner Reception to follow
Monday, April 23rd Orthros…………...8:00AM
Divine Liturgy……9:00AM
Brunch to follow
We hope that you can share in the joy of the Resurrection of Christ as we remember one
of the greatest and most famous of all the saints—George the Great Martyr and Trophybearer.
Until then, we pray a most blessed Holy Week and Pascha to you and your families. Kalo
Pascha! Kali Anastasi! Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
In Christ,
Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews, Presbyter
Alexis Bighley, Parish Council President
ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
1111 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55105 • Tel.: (651) 222-6220 • Fax: (651) 225-9276
Web: www.stgeorgegoc.org • E-mail: [email protected]
HOLY PASCHA FLOWERS CONTRIBUTION 2018
Donations for flowers to beautify the sanctuary and epitaphion during Holy Week & Pascha may be made in memory of a loved one. Please PRINT CLEARLY.
Memorial names you are remembering with this donation will be listed in the Pascha bulletin if received in the office by SUNDAY, APRIL 1. Thank you!
Your name : _______________________________________________________________
In memory of: _____________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Amount enclosed (minimum $15): _________________
Check (payable to St. George GOC; memo line - Pascha Flowers)
Cash
HOLY PASCHA FLOWERS CONTRIBUTION 2018
Donations for flowers to beautify the sanctuary and epitaphion during Holy Week & Pascha may be made in memory of a loved one. Please PRINT CLEARLY.
Memorial names you are remembering with this donation will be listed in the Pascha bulletin if received in the office by SUNDAY, APRIL 1. Thank you!
Your name : _______________________________________________________________
In memory of: _____________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Amount enclosed (minimum $15): _________________
Check (payable to St. George GOC; memo line - Pascha Flowers)
Cash