FALL ANCHOR 2013 Father John’s Article

THE anchorTHE anchor St. Andrew Greek Orthodox ChurchSt. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church

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Rev. John N. Kalomas, ProistamenosRev. John N. Kalomas, Proistamenos

Rev. John G. Kutulas, Proistamenos EmeritusRev. John G. Kutulas, Proistamenos Emeritus

Fr. Stamatios G. Sfikas, SynefemeriosFr. Stamatios G. Sfikas, Synefemerios

Deacon Vasilios SmithDeacon Vasilios Smith

I recall as a child the late days of Summer and the beginning of Fall. It was a time that all the plants that Yiayia had planted were filled with all the fruits that each would give forth. Large thick tomatoes on the vines, deep black of the egg plants, large green bell peppers as well as long off yellow of the hot peppers, the vines of green beans climbing over 7 feet high and the green stalks of the potatoes buried in the ground ready to be removed, and the rows upon rows of corn stalks over 6 feet high holding the cobs of corn in their sleeves with the hair turning a dark brown. There were so many vegetable plants that Yiayia had planted back in late April and early May that to name them all would take up pages. Even the fruit trees filled with apples, pears, apricots, and cherries were ripe and ready. My father with Yiayia (his mother) had the wicker baskets ready as they prepared to pick the grapes off the vines; 10 rows and 100 feet long so the wine that Pappou and Yiayia made every year would be ready for drinking and celebration for the holidays and the future days to come.

Yes it was a time of the beginning of the harvest, which mom and Yiayia would take 2 cases of mason jars and prepare them with pears mixed in with their sweet nectar and grape jelly from the left over grapes to be stored and used at a later time. I remember during the cold winter months of December and January in which mom would bring up that jar of pears air sealed tightly- with a technique that I don’t recall- would unscrew the outer cap that held the main part of the secondary cap of the mason jar (remember the cap of a mason jar had two parts for the cap) and then would pop the cover that sealed the jar and you could hear the air rush in from the vacuum and the sweet smell of the pears would fill the room. Vanilla ice cream topped with those pears and the juice of the pears was a heavenly dessert in the Kalomas house hold.

Great memories during a great time of life for me. To speak to someone we either dialed (yes I said dialed) our telephone which was rotary, no push button, or walked over to our friend’s house and knocked on the door and asked the parents of our friends if they could come out and play or if

we could come in and hang out. Our friends were known by my mother and father and our friend’s parents knew us on a personal level. It was always hello Mr. or Mrs. so and so with their last name. There was always a respect level that we never or would have even thought of crossing that line. Television was in black and white for us until 1970 when my father bought the first color TV a Zenith model. It was only watched during the 5:30 news with David Brinkley, Chet Huntley and John Chancellor. Then off to study and after we were done at 8pm we would watch either the Red Skelton show or since we were sci-fi freaks with my brothers the old Star Trek series which happened only once a week.

All of this would not have been possible had it not been for the rich soil that my Yiayia planted all the vegetables or parents that kept the rich soil of morals, ethics, respect, in their lives and planted as well as cultivated into our lives. The rich nutrients that fertile soil carries allow the growth of plants to come into full fruition of giving forth their fruit. But that soil must be tilled as well as watered so that the seed that was planted is given the proper necessities to be able to show the magnificence of how God designed it.

As the months passed and as the plants were removed from the soil I remember seeing them wither and die. An individual by the name of Dennis Prager once stated that “Just as flowers and plants that are cut from the soil that they grow in wither and die, so do humans wither and die when they are cut from the soil of Judeo/Christian ethics and morals.” There is so much truth in this statement and this is why I began with the stories of my home life in which I have shared so often with you. Yiayia knew what the soil would produce because of its richness in minerals. She also knew how to work the soil and all that she planted with a gentle and caring hand. She knew that she had to attend to that which she had planted constantly yet also giving it its freedom to grow as it was made to grow. She was there to pull out the thorns and the weeds that grew around it and made sure that no fruits of her labor were plucked out until they had come to their fullness and their ripeness. She was a master of this.

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ST. ANDREW GREEK ORTST. ANDREW GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCHHODOX CHURCH

His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos

Metropolis of Chicago

Rev. John N. Kalomas, Proistamenos

Rev. John G. Kutulas, Proistamenos Emeritus

Fr. Stamatios G. Sfikas, Synefemerios

Deacon Vasilios Smith

Contact Fr. John at 773-334-4515 or Email him at frjohn.kalomas@standreworthodox.org

PARISH COUNCIL

Nicholas Karafotias President Kosta Zografopoulos 1st Vice President/Facilities Terri Mikuzis 2nd Vice President/ Stewardship Peter Alexopoulos 3rd Vice President/Finance Leo Manta Secretary Solon Tsaoussis Assistant Secretary Phillip Hatzopoulos Treasurer Michael Bartholomew Financial Secretary

MEMBERS

William Aslanides Jeffery Chrones Milton Fasseas Nick Hatzopoulos Spiro Kondos Nick Kontos George Marks Eleni Moutidis

STAFF & MINISTRY LEADERS

Pastoral Assistant: Julie Tziolas Financial Secretary: Vivian L. Davros Philoptochos President: Vonnie Karafotias Chanters: Nicholas Christacos & Dean Theodoropoulos Choir Director: Dr. Peter Jermihov Narthex Committee: William Alexopoulos, Matthew Bezanes, James Chrones, Michael Davros Sunday School Coordinator: Kathy Siavelis Greek School Principal: Father John Kutulas Mommy and Me Advisor: Stephane Collopy JOY Advisors: Tia Manolakas, Nia Tsokolas, & Bill Aslanides GOYA Advisors: Georgia Loomas, Elizabeth Sahady Young Adult Ministry: Tatiana Vukotic, Anastasia Papas, & Eleni Papas St. Paul Bookstore: Evangeline Mistaras Website: Julie Tziolas

SERVICES FOR THE MONTHS OF

SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, & NOVEMBER

Sunday Mornings Orthros at 8:00AM; Diving Liturgy at 9:30AM

Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross Friday, September 13: Great Vespers at 7PM

Saturday, September 14: Orthros at 8:30AM; Divine Liturgy at 10AM

The Falling Asleep of St. John the Thelologian Thursday, September 26—Divine Liturgy at 10AM

St. Luke the Evangelist Friday, October 18—Divine Liturgy at 10AM

Aghia Skepi/ OXI Day Monday, October 28—Divine Liturgy at 10AM

Saints Cosmas and Damianos Friday, November 1—Divine Liturgy at 10AM

Saint Nektarios Saturday, November 9—Divine Liturgy at 10AM

Saint John Chrysostom Wednesday, November 13—Divine Liturgy at 10AM

Feast of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary to the Temple— Thursday, November 21 Orthros at 9AM; Divine Liturgy at 10AM

Feast of St. Andrew Friday, November 29: Great Vespers at 7PM

Saturday, November 30: Orthros at 8:30AM; Divine Liturgy at 10AM

On Saturday, August 3 the following volunteers represented St. Andrew at the First Presbyterian Church, in Evanston: Jeremiah Garbis, Susan Barron, Kathy Polivas, Timi Papas, and Fofo Egon.

The Soup Kitchen can still use some volunteers, please call the church office if you can volunteer the 1st Saturday of the month. Thank you for all your help!

ST. ANDREW’S FOOD PAST. ANDREW’S FOOD PANTRYNTRY More and more everyday less fortunate peo-ple are asking churches for food. In these difficult times St. Andrew would like to help them, but in order to do so we need your help.

Please help us restock our food pantry with items such as: cereal, oatmeal, rice, pasta, pasta sauce. Also, canned items of tuna, tomato sauce, soup, vegetables, fruit or any other non-perishable items. It is helpful if the canned goods have a flip-top lid. Monetary donations will also be accepted.

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The same can be said for humans in today’s society. This is evident in the lives that most of us have grown up in. We have come from families in which the soil of its richness is filled with the minerals of our strong Christian teachings. These teachings bring forth proper morals and ethics in our lives. Keeping ourselves implanted in the soil of the Judeo/Christian ethics allows us to have the closeness of our Lord with us. But there is a problem today. The teachings of these ethics have come to be not important in the lives of many families. It actually has become a hindrance because it doesn’t conform in the teachings of today’s society.

We want everything now at the very moment and if we have to work at it it’s not worth it. Instead of individuals being proud of taking their time to earn what our parents earned through honest hard work, they become dependent on others to work for them so they can reap the benefits. I noticed in the news about and individual by the name of Jason Greenslate who is a surfer in California in which he refuse to work, has all his senses and possess no disabilities but lives off of food stamps that is provided by the government and us taxpayers so he can pick up chicks as are his words, hang out and smoke weed, and go surfing. You may say Father this is just one person yet what is welfare. There are teachers out there who are killing themselves to educate students and are only making $15 an hour yet there are people who refuse to work because the welfare that they receive places them at $26 an hour in which takes away any incentive to better oneself. It is because they have cut themselves out of the soil of the Judeo/Christian ethics and morals. What we are doing is giving people a fish to eat everyday instead of teaching them how to fish so they can live by themselves.

The principal reason for this is that cutting off those ethics and moral issues from one’s life, a person has cut off God and His teachings. Can we call ourselves Christians if we support issues that speak against true teachings of God’s words? I saw so many comments both on the television and on the internet when Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman and please don’t mistaken my words here for that young man should not be dead. Two people who chose to be violent against each other by each profiling each other one because he was dressed in a way of which may have implied that he was up to no good; a big mistake on Mr. Zimmerman’s part. And the other saying I am going to take matters in my own hands and attack because I am all that and I am not going to take any garbage from this individual; a big mistake on Trayvon Martin’s part. The Judeo/Christian ethics of the sanctity of life was absent in both. We saw this and took sides. The news reported it constantly of racial profiling in which we know race was not an issue on this but two individuals who were missing one of the many gifts that the Judeo/Christian soil carries; that life is a precious gift from God, or, maybe in today’s world, was a precious gift from God.

When three young men choose to beat up a child and break his arm and ribs on a bus because they tried to sell him marijuana and he refused them and turned them in and all we hear from their parents is that they don’t know right from wrong and we barley even hear of it, or three young man choose to gun down a young college student from Australia because they were bored and once again the parents make the same statement and its barely even heard of, shows exactly the status of what the world is becoming and that the Judeo/Christian ethical morals are being dissolved from the family unit and in the world. We let the

world come into our lives with all its technology and its teachings that God is not needed anymore; the teaching that God has become more of a hindrance in our growth and that He should be shut out is the same scenario of the people who decided to construct the tower of Babel. It is not the people of Babel did not believe in God, but it is that that they wanted to reach God and become exactly like God so they can be equal to Him. The same can be said that the majority of humanity believes in God, or an intelligent being, but is only rely on Him when there is a time of need. It could be positive event - like baptisms, and weddings, or communion four to five times a year, or it could be a negative event—like an illness, tragedy, death. God becomes like an antibiotic only to be used when needed. With the tower of Babel eventually God interjected himself not to punish them but to save them from their misdirection. But there is a difference between the tower of Babel of that time to the tower of Babel’s in today’s modern world. The Old Testament tower of Babel was a time in which the people to tried to reach God in a physical way so they in turn can be equal to God. The tower of Babel today is that which the people have no interest in reaching God because God in the world’s eyes is either have been reached and surpassed or is a deterrent from reaching the greatest potential in making yourself God. That is not saying that there are many people who dedicate all that they do and receive to God; doctors who say I may perform the surgery but it is God who does the actual healing. So these towers that are being built are because of the choice that individuals make to cut themselves from the soil of the Judeo/Christian ethics and morals. When this happens to society, just like flowers that are cut from their soil and eventually wither and die, the ethical and moral life of society withers and dies also.

We as Orthodox Christians have the same strong Judeo/Christian Ethics in which the soil of God’s love is embedded. But how can one combat from removing oneself from the soil of the Judeo/Christian ethics? Allow yourself to have the gift that God gave you - free will. Then make those choices and decisions from looking into your heart, for your heart will tell you what is right and what is wrong. Become a family unit in prayer and love by attending church and making that institution an active part of your family life. In church we will find Christ at His Holy Altar Table and in the Chalice of Holy Communion; but that is not enough. We must also find Christ in our hearts and in our home. It is beautiful to come and receive our Lord on Sunday but what happens is we leave Him in the church and do not invite him into our homes. He invites us to His house every Sunday; let us invite him into our homes also.

Keep prayer active in your life. Learn how to pray; if we have no idea how to do this, read the book by Anthony Bloom “Beginning to pray” which will give insight that prayer is not that something which automatically happens, but it is a long process to perfect. So those of us who expect to become holy and prayerful overnight are in for a great disappointment. Tell God your pain and your joy. Every time you awaken or before you go to bed, say even if you are in your bed “Thank you God for another day”. Make a sign with these words and place them on the wall next to your bed so you will see them both morning and night. Learn about your faith. I was stunned to hear someone once say to me after I asked them am I going to see you on August 15th for Liturgy and was responded back by this

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individual “What is on August 15th”. This was a person in a leadership position of the church. Learn small and new things about your faith. And finally read your Bible. Take it out; place it by your bed; read one verse or one chapter before you go to sleep. Allow the words of the Lord to remain on your lips as the final action that you do for the ending of the day. Do this and you will see a change in your life and in your family’s life for the betterment and all the evil that is happening in the world will not affect us in a negative way.

With the fall weather approaching us and the change of the season from Summer to Fall, we will notice the works of God’s glory in the change of the leaves from green to brown, yellow, and red,. The colors are just telling us of God’s continuous miracle of how each season gives us something important of change. As the leaves change because of the changes of weather, so we too must change by allowing ourselves to continuously till the soil of the Judeo/Christian ethics in our lives and in the lives of our families. My Yiayia every year tilled the soil so the seeds that she planted would grow to their fullness and produce the fruits that they give. We too must continue to do this in our spiritual lives so the seeds will constantly produce the fruits of goodness, love, compassion, understanding, forgiveness, humility.

I recall a documentary that was done by the late General Norman Schwarzkopf about the comparisons of two tyrant dictators of the 20th century; Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. He was asked by the interviewer if there would ever be other Hitler’s and Stalin’s in our life time. His response was this; “As long as parents teach their children prejudices and take away the ethical and moral issues towards humanity, the Hitler’s and Stalin’s of the future will continue to exist.” As long as the Judeo/Christian ethics and morals are stripped away from families, and the family unit disintegrates, the confrontations of the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman, the attacks of the 3 boys beating up another boy on a bus, the senseless killing of a young baseball player from Australia by 3 young teens, the elderly World War II vet who served his country and was shot and injured in the battle of Okinawa is beaten to death by two teens and all the other senseless killings and attacks will continue. But why should all these killings bother us? If a mother can choose to terminate the life of her own child which is their personal flesh and blood, why are we shocked that these other personal events happen.

The choice belongs to us. We all have the power and the strength to change, maybe not the entire world but at least the world around our families and our loved ones. Therefore I say keep on planting your beautiful seeds of your life in the soil of the Judeo/Christian ethics; and even though evil and ugliness will still surround us, we will be able -through our strength in God and His power that He will give us—to allow the goodness to eventually growth forth from that rich soil.

I leave with this unique email that was sent to me. Tells us how why God is important in our lives: This is interesting how it worked out this way.

Q): What is the shortest chapter in the Bible? A): Psalm 117! Q: What is the longest Chapter in the Bible? A): Psalm 119! Q): What chapter is in the center of the Bible? A): Psalm 118! There are 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters after Psalm 118. If you add those numbers you will get 1188. Q): What is the center verse of the bible? A): Psalm 118:8! Does this verse say something significant about God’s perfect will for

our lives? The next time someone says they would like to find God’s perfect will for their lives and that they want to be in the center of His will, just send to them the center of His Word, Psalm 118:8 (It’s better to trust in the Lord than to put your confidence in man). Now isn’t that odd how this worked out or was God the center of it.

God Bless Your Families. Strength to all the children and teachers who begin the new school year; and pray for the world that it will become a better place! God works in mysteries and sometimes the reason things happen are not truly open to us. He may not take away the difficulties that may enter into your life, but He will definitely walk you through them. When things get tough, always remember faith doesn’t get you around trouble, it gets you through it. When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you obtain happiness.

A Blessed Fall

Fr. John Kalomas

JULY & AUGUST REGISTRY

40 Day Blessings Alexandros, son of Helen and Andreas Demetis Emanuel, son of Emanuel and Alexandrea Grivas

Katerina daughter of Kanella Grevas and Basel Qadan Helena, daughter of Christina and Jason Hill

Ethan William, son of Spiridoula & Miguel Arceo Carmen Marie, daughter of Brittany Gross

Baptisms Konstantin, son of Mariana Toscas and Mark Nowak

Jonathan Brian, son of Stella and Brian Ginley Issac, son of Daniel & Weddy Woldegiorgious

Zoe Demetra, daughter of Georgia and Ezra Clark Asiriana, daughter of Alexi and Sargina Generalis

Warren Jones

Weddings Aleck Johnson and Cara Mullen

Dean Constantinou and Emily Spiegel Warren Jones and Antoinette Alcazar

Evette Souhlas and Gavin Coll Jim Spalding and Krista Patsavas

Demetra Bolos and Chris Haralampus Arlene Siavelis and Kenneth Kehl

Funerals Gus Loucas

Christ Karafotias Byron Leonard Stratte Coorlas

Konstantina Guerrieri

Memorials John Kapsalis—40 days

Gus Loucas—40 days Christ Karafotias - 40 days

Melba Maneaty—1 year Christos Euthimiou– 3 years

Georgia Loukas—4 years John S. Rempas - 10 years

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I pray that your summer has been spiritually uplifting and refresh-ing!

Many of us have visited the Chicago Botanic Gardens and are aware that it is a place of ever-changing beauty that you can stroll through daily. Every time I have visited the garden I have come away thrilled and excited with the splendor of the color and the variety of plants and blooming flowers. Seeing these areas make Diakonissa Katerina and I eager to rush to the nursery, buy beau-tiful plants, and enjoy a ready-made garden at our own home.

As I think of this beauty many questions arise in my mind. Why is it that we can’t have a ready-made Christian life? Why can’t we buy the fruit of God’s Spirit somewhere? “I’d like two flats of joy, and all the goodness that’s in bloom, please. And while you’re at it, throw in a sack of patience too.” We can laugh at such a thought, knowing full well that the elements necessary for a joyful Christian life can’t be packaged or bought. They must be grown and cultivated on our own. I recall seeing literally an army of men and women working in the gardens, weeding, feeding and water-ing. When asked how much time is devoted to these plants, I was told it depends on the plant itself. It became even clearer to me that the results in the nursery did not happen by chance but ra-ther the result of careful planning and human effort to accomplish the goal.

I was reminded of our Savior’s words recorded in John 15, which we could call the gardener’s chapter of the Bible. Jesus makes an acute observation about how to grow in your Christian life. He says you’ve got to be attached to the Source. “I am the The Vine,” He says, “you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do noth-ing” (John 15:5). For your life to bloom and bear fruit of the Spirit, you must cultivate your relationship with your Father. The flowers and harvest are evidence of His work in your life. Because

Jesus was part of a predominantly agrarian society, it doesn’t sur-prise me a bit that Jesus used agricultural examples when He taught. In fact, gardening is a fairly significant theme throughout Scripture. King Solomon in his wise writings bequeathed to all the simple knowledge of growth in our faith. In Ecclesiastes 3:1, he writes: “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven. A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted.”

September marks the beginning of a new ecclesiastical year. A new church year means renewed efforts towards living and cele-brating the events of Christ’s life, the lives of the saints and other feast days that mark time spent as God’s people. Growing is a tough process…that is why we need to celebrate every bit of spir-itual growth we experience. Growth in the garden of your Chris-tian life depends on one main principle: how attached you stay to the Source.

During the beginning of a new ecclesiastical calendar, the Church invites us to become reconnected to the Source of life. Attend-ance and participation in Holy Communion certainly will rekindle your growth. Instruction in our Faith is vital. Register children in our Sunday school, and as parents renew your commitment to learning. The Church offers so many opportunities for growth. Let’s bring a spade and dig to discover the treasure that awaits us concerning the eternal truths of God and His divine plan for us.

Is the garden in church perfect? No, but neither is the world in which we live a perfect place. The cultivation of a spirit of worship will enable you to produce a life filled with the fruit of the Spirit. Christ is working through you to lift his Church to a plentiful har-vest. Plants are not able to exist without God and neither can we.

A blessed and fruitful Ecclesiastical New Year to all!

+Fr. Stamati

Η 1η Σεπτεμβρίου καθορίστηκε ως αρχή της εκκλησιαστικής χρονιάς ως εξής:

Στην περιοχή της Ανατολής τα περισσότερα ημερολόγια είχαν ως πρωτοχρονιά την 24η Σεπτεμβρίου, ημέρα της φθινοπωρινής ισημερίας.

Επειδή όμως η 23η ήταν η γενέθλια ημέρα του αυτοκράτορα της Ρώμης Οκταβιανού (Γεννήθηκε στη Ρώμη στις 23 Σεπτεμβρίου του 63 π.Χ.) η πρωτοχρονιά μετατέθηκε στις 23 Σεπτεμβρίου, η οποία και καθορίστηκε ως αρχή της Ινδίκτου, δηλαδή της περιόδου του ρωμαϊκού διατάγματος για τον φόρο που ίσχυε για 15 έτη.

Αυτή την Πρωτοχρονιά, δηλαδή 23 Σεπτεμβρίου, βρήκε η Εκκλησία και της έδωσε χριστιανικό περιεχόμενο, αφού τοποθέτησε σ’ αυτήν την εορτή της συλλήψεως του Προδρόμου, που αποτελεί και το πρώτο γεγονός της Ευαγγελικής Ιστορίας.

Αργότερα, το 462 μ.Χ., για πρακτικούς λόγους και για να συμπίπτει η πρώτη του έτους με την πρώτη του μηνός, η εκκλησιαστική πρωτοχρονιά μετατέθηκε την 1η Σεπτεμβρίου.

Διευκρινίζεται ότι η πρωτοχρονιά της 1ης Ιανουαρίου έχει Ρωμαϊκή προέλευση και ήρθε στην Ορθόδοξη Ανατολή κατά τα νεότερα χρόνια.

Η Εκκλησία υιοθέτησε αυτό το σύστημα μέτρησης του χρόνου και μετρούσε τα έτη με τίς Ινδικτους. Έτσι το Εκκλησιαστικό έτος άρχιζε την 1η Σεπτεμβρίου με Πατριαρχική Θεία Λειτουργία και ιδιαίτερη Iερά Παράκληση, ώστε να ευλογήσει ο

Θεός τον καινούριο χρόνο.

Με τον καιρό ορίστηκαν δύο είδη Ινδίκτου:

Η Καισαρική, δηλαδή η παλαιά ρωμαϊκή πού άρχιζε την 1η Σεπτεμβρίου και την οποία συνέχισε το Βυζάντιο, και η Παπική, η οποία άρχιζε στίς 25 Δεκεμβρίου και αργότερα την 1η Ιανουαρίου.

Στη Δύση σιγά-σιγά επικράτησε ως αρχή του νέου έτους η 1η Ιανουαρίου, ενώ στην Aνατολή είχε παραμείνει η 1η

Σεπτεμβρίου.

Αυτός είναι και ο λόγος που η πρώτη Σεπτεμβρίου παρέμεινε μέχρι και σήμερα η αρχή του Εκκλησιαστικού έτους, δηλαδή: Η Εκκλησιαστική Πρωτοχρονιά.

Ας ευχηθούμε λοιπόν η νέα εκκλησιαστική χρονιά να είναι ευλογημένη και να πλημμυρίσει τις καρδιές των ανθρώπων από καρπούς της ειρήνης, της αγάπης, της αλληλεγγύης, της φιλαλληλίας, και γενικά από καρπούς ανθρωπιάς και πολιτισμού.

~Απόσπασμα του Νίκου Φλεμετάκη

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A warm welcome back to all of our Sunday School & Greek School students and families! We had a busy summer period and now look forward to the beginning of a new ecclesiastical

year.

The following is a brief financial summary through July 2013:

Stewardship – YTD receipts are $203,334. This is $ 644 more than the amount that was collected last year. Total giving YTD is $ 308,236 which is $ 17,487 more than last year’s total giving. We thank you for supporting the church to the best of your ability. If you have not already done so, please prayerfully consider submitting your 2013 pledge card with your annual pledge. A pledge from EVERY St. Andrew parishioner will be very helpful as this is of great importance for our ministry planning

As of July 31, 2013, YTD net income is $49,075 compared to prior YTD income of $ 26,020.

We are current on our National Ministries commitment to the Archdiocese; which amounts to $6,938 each month and the second quarter payment to the St. Iakovos Retreat Center which is $6,100/year.

Our annual Golf Outing had net proceeds of approx. $9,100 this year and our annual Festival had net proceeds of approx. $70,100 this year. Our thanks to all of you that made these events a success!

We will be holding our Autumn Dinner at the church on September 26th. Solon Tsaoussis is our chairman for this event and has a great evening planned. Tickets are available by calling the church office or see a Parish Council member during the coffee hour.

Our Fall General Assembly is scheduled for November 17th, so please mark your calendars for this date.

Parish Council Elections will be held December 1, 2013. If you are interested running for election to this ministry, please make an appointment with Fr. John Kalomas to receive an application form. All members of the Parish Council must be Stewards in good standing for 2012 and 2013. Deadline for registering your name is November 10, 2013.

Stained Glass Windows-work is progressing well with the restoration of two windows in the Nave and Brides Room and we look forward to having these completed in the early fall. If you are interested in supporting our restoration efforts, please contact me, Fr. John Kalomas, Fr John Kutulas or Fr. Stamati. My thanks to Libby Christopoulos who has donated her time and talent to assist us in preparing the updated posters and brochures for the window campaign. (Please take a look at the posters in the community center hallway).

Gym Floor-In August the floor was recoated to properly maintain it in peak condition.

The Terrazzo flooring in the church will be cleaned and polished and following this work the carpeting will be replaced.

We installed new volleyball standards to allow for increased usage of the gymnasium in conjunction with the ongoing Sacred Heart school program. This new equipment will also be used to enhance our youth programs.

We have also entered in to an agreement with the Chicago Jewish Day School to utilize 2nd floor classrooms during the week for their school program.

As you can see a number of activities have taken place over the summer months and as our committee teams are busy making plans for the coming year, I look forward to reporting to you on these and other activities.

Welcome Back!

As we enter the beginning of our liturgical year, I wanted to update the Stewards of St. Andrew’s as to the number of families who are part of our community and the amount of Stewardship (only) that has been given as of July 31, 2013. Our community has 398 families who are stewards and have given $203,334, in stewardship only. There are also many who have donated more than stewardship, ie, raffle tickets, participation in different events, memorial donations etc.

Also many of our stewards this year helped in many ways with our Festival, thus giving of their time and talent. I personally wish to thank all of you who gave so generously of your time, talent, and treasure to make our Festival so successful. This year we made $70,188.08.

The Stewardship Committee and I wish to thank you for continuing to support St. Andrew’s and all of the ministries which we offer.

Terri C. Mikuzis Stewardship Chairman

Elections for the Parish Council will take place this year on De-cember 1st. If you are interested in serving on the Parish Coun-cil you need to make an appointment to see Fr. John Kalomas to receive a registration form. Remember to be on the Parish Council, you must be a steward in Good Standing for last year and this year. You must be canonically in good standing, in other words a baptized Orthodox Christian, and if married your wedding had to take place in the Greek Orthodox Church, or if Divorced you have an Ecclesiastical Divorce. Serving on the Parish Council is not to be an individual who makes decisions but an individual who dedicates their life to help the priest in making the church a strong haven for all Orthodox Christians and even non-Orthodox Christians to come and worship. You must be an individual with good moral standings and convic-tions and willing to dedicate your time to the service of God and His house. It is a holy order and a holy commitment to serve on the Parish Council. If interested please call Fr. John to make an appointment. Dead line for registering your name is November 10th 2013.

Fr. John

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Time and the elements have taken their toll on our beautiful Stained Glass windows and frames within our church com-plex.

In order to address these necessary repairs, we are pleased to announce the launch of our Capital Campaign, with Fr. John Kutulas as our Honorary Chairman, to raise the funds to repair the windows. Our goal is to raise $500,000 and we have collected $53,000 already towards that goal that has allowed us to work on a number of windows over the last two years. With your love and support we can continue and complete this important project and restore our windows to their original beauty within the church.

Over the last few years we have reviewed the condition of the windows and have worked with specialists to identify the actions that need to be taken in order to repair and restore the windows.

In particular the steel frames that hold the Stained Glass have rusted over time and has, in some instances, slowly forced both the protective outer glass along with the stained glass out of their frames. Please see the pho-tos to better understand the condition of the windows.

Thus far we have rebuilt eight out of forty-five windows in the main church. This included three in the Nave, four in the Brides Room, one more behind the Altar area, and a window in the Chapel door that has allowed us to assess the work involved and also to develop a specification for the paint and other materials related to the windows. The Chapel consists of another twenty windows that while in better condition will also need some level of repair as we go through this process.

The work on each nave window costs approximately $25,000, and more for the larger transept windows, so

as you can see this will ultimately be a very large and expen-sive project, but one that is necessary to protect our beauti-ful edifice.

What we learned has helped us begin to formalize the scope of work and to develop our work plan and create a phasing schedule for the project. Focusing first on the north eleva-tion of the main church which is exposed to salt spray from vehicles and the weather in general as opposed to other are-as of the building that are more protected.

Of course all of these plans will require funds to perform the necessary work and it is our hope that this campaign creates awareness to the physical needs of the church and plants the seeds for the sacrificial giving that will allow us to perform this work.

A separate mailing will be sent with additional information and please contact Fr. John Kalomas, Fr. John Kutulas, Fr. Stamati or myself with any questions you may have and to learn how you can help us achieve our goal!

Our Fall General Assembly Meeting has been scheduled for

Sunday, November 17, 2013, commencing immediately after the

Divine Liturgy in the S.J. Gregory Auditorium.

Please make every effort to attend the meeting. Every steward of St. Andrew’s in good standing,

as of thirty days prior to the meeting, will be required to check and sign-in so as to

register before this meeting.

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Dear Ladies,

Hope you all had a wonderful summer.

It is hard to believe that it is time to once again begin all the good works that we do as Philoptochos and we are looking forward to a wonderful 2013-2014 year. We hope you will join us at our meetings/outings and choose a project to help with, for example; Thanksgiving Baskets, Clothing Drive, Blanket making, Baking, Soup Kitchen, etc. Whether you can help for 1 hour or spend the day with us, your contribution is greatly appreciated.

If there is a project or a cause that you would like to let us know about, stop by one of our meetings or please email Vonnie@karafotias.com and we will present it to the group.

Here is a reminder for those of you who may have forgotten, we went GREEN last year in our mailings. Below are the ways you will know about the meetings: Notice will be emailed to you; Notice will be posted in the Sunday Bulletin 2 – 3 weeks before the meeting; Notice will be posted on the website on the 1st page under upcoming events; Notice will be in the Anchor (for those of you who don’t have email this will be your notification)

Thank you to the Sunday School/Philoptochos who participated in the collection of backpacks which were given to Care for Real to give to local children in our community. Over 25 backpack and supplies were collected.

SEPTEMBER – MEETING NOTICE/UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday, September 13 – Holy Cross Vespers - We are looking for ladies who could help bake for this event and also to help with set-up during the day (10:00 am) or serve in the evening, please call Cindy Melas at 847-673-8826 or email cynthia.melas@gmail.com by Monday, September 9th.

Saturday, September 14 – Holy Cross - If you are able to help for set-up and serve in the morning, please call Cindy Melas at 847-673-8826 or email cynthia.melas@gmail.com

Saturday, September 21 - The Metropolis of Chicago Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society Annual Luncheon Fellowship 11:00 am and Lunch 12:00 pm. - Rosewood Banquets in Rosemont . If you are planning on attending , please contact Marilyn Tzakis 312-404-7962 or email her at mgtltd@aol.com Sunday, September 2, 2012. Tickets are $50. Make checks payable to SAWPS

Sunday, September 23 – Sponsoring coffee hour for the aid of Greece & Cyprus. National Philoptochos has asked all chapters to help with this cause

Saturday, September 28 - IOCC Walk at St. Andrew’s: Registration 8:00 am. For more information on helping please contact Kathy Siavelis at 847-677-0217 or email her at gsiavelis@sbcglobal.net

OCTOBER – MEETING NOTICE/UPCOMING EVENTS

Philoptochos Breakfast Meeting Notice Saturday, October 12, 2013,

in the Presidents’ Room, at 9:30 am Please let Vonnie know by Wednesday, October 9, 2013

at Vonnie@karafotias.com or call 630-378-4878 so we may prepare for breakfast and how many blankets we

will need to purchase. Our goal is to make at least 30 blankets. If you are unable to attend but would Like to make a

blanket let us know and we will get you the material and instructions. Please bring scissors and a ruler. We will once

again be giving these blankets to UI Pediatrics.

Clergy Laity – Sioux City, IA , October 2 – 5 – If anyone is interested in being a delegate, please contact Vonnie by Sunday September 8th for details.

NOVEMBER – MEETING NOTICE/UPCOMING EVENTS

Thanksgiving Baskets & Fleece Blanket Making Friday, November 22, 2013

Join us on Friday, November 22nd at 6:30 pm as we prepare our Thanksgiving Baskets for “Care for Real,” a food pantry in our Edgewater community. Please bring items such as:. Canned Goods (fruit, soup,

tuna, tomato sauces, etc.), Cereals, Oatmeal, Breakfast Items, Cookies, Cake Mixes, Frosting, Juice/Juice Boxes, Pasta/

Spaghetti Sauce, Peanut Butter & Jelly, Oil & Vinegar, Salad Dressings, Salt & Pepper, Flour/Sugar, Coffee, Tea, or any

other non perishable items.

If you are not able to join us that evening please bring all items by Sunday, November 17th but no later than Friday November 22nd and put them in the bins in the auditorium hallway. A light Lenten meal will be provided. RSVP by Tues., Nov 19th if you can join us so we may prepare for dinner to: Cindy Lynch at 773-338-

6491 or at cindychef@yahoo.com. If you’d like to make a monetary donation you may leave that in the church office, attn:

Vonnie.

Friday, November 29th St. Andrew’s will be celebrating its Vesper Services and Saturday, November 30th we will celebrate the Feast Day - If anyone is available to help with set-up at 10:00 am on Friday, November 29 and/or able to help serve on either day, please call Hellena Chrones at 847-509-0686. Bakers are also needed. Please let Hellena know by Friday November 22. We appreciate your help.

GENERAL PHILOPTOCHOS INFORMATION

2013 MEMBERSHIP - If you have not paid your 2013 Membership, please make checks payable to SAWPS and mail it to church attn: Philoptochos. If you are interested in finding out what Philoptochos is all about, please contact any of the officers – Vonnie Karafotias, Fotine Bloom, Seva Johnson or Anastasia Bardouniotis.

Volunteer Form 2013 – 14: Please take a few moments and look at the form and sign up where you would like to help. We look forward to seeing you not only at these events, but other Philoptochos get-togethers. Everyone is welcome!

Vonnie Karafotias, Philoptochos President

SAVE THE DATE St. Andrew’s Women’s Philoptochos Society

Holiday Dinner Dance Saturday, December 7, 2013

at Evanston Golf Club; Evanston, Il Dancing to The Chris Sarlas Orchestra

Details to follow

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St. Andrew’s Philoptochos - Volunteer Form – 2013

Dear Members, Please take a few moments and look at the list below to see where you would be interested in helping. It is with your help that we are able to do the things listed below. Thank you, Vonnie Karafotias

Please put a X next to what you’d like to volunteer for or attending. Please turn in by Sunday, September 29, 2013 to the church office or email it to Vonnie@karafotias.com

Special Trays – 2013 ___Sunday, September 8 HC/HC Scholarship Tray ___Sunday, November 3 SS Cosmas/Damianos Ecumenical Patriarchate Tray September, 2013 ___Friday, September 13 Holy Cross Vespers (set-up 10:00 am) ___Friday, September 13 Holy Cross Vespers (evening service) ___Saturday, September 14 Holy Cross (day) ___Saturday, September 21 Metropolis Luncheon – Rosewood ___Sunday September 22 Coffee Hour Aid to Greece & Cyprus ___Saturday, September 28 IOCC Walk – St. Andrew’s

October, 2013 Clergy Laity – Sioux City, IA , October 2 – 5

November, 2013 ___Friday, November 22 Prepare Thanksgiving Baskets with Youth and dinner 6 pm ___Friday, November 29 St. Andrew’s Vespers (Set –up 10:00 am) ___Friday, November 29 St. Andrew’s (evening Service) ___Saturday, November 30 St. Andrew’s Names Day (day Service)

December, 2013 ___Saturday, December 7 St. Andrew’s Dinner Dance – Evanston Golf Club ___Sunday, December 8, 15 & 22 St. Andrew’s Vasilopita - selling tickets ___Thursday, December 12 Christmas Dinner Outing – Location TBD Sunday, December 15 Metropolis Christmas Open House

Name:__________________________________________________

Phone:__________________________________________________

Email:_______________________________________________

Meetings for 2013 – Presidents’ Room - Please mark your calendars! Thursday, September 5, 2013 – 6:30 pm potluck dinner meeting

Thursday, October 10, 2013 – 6:30 pm fellowship, 7:00 pm meeting OR Saturday, October 12, 2013 – 9:30 am breakfast meeting and will be doing a project

Friday, November 22, 2013 – 6 pm (light dinner) Preparing Thanksgiving Baskets/Blanket Project - Presidents’ Room/Hallway Please Note: Dates and Times Subject for change. Check your weekly bulletin, Anchor and emails

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PHILOPTOCHOS 2013 MEMBERSHIP/STEWARDSHIP

Christian stewardship is the means by which members can fulfill financial, service, and spiritual commitment to member-ship. We pray you choose to be part of St. Andrew’s Women’s Philoptochos in your time, talent, and support. It is only through your generous commitment that we are able to pursue our philanthropic mission.

Suggested Annual Membership Donation: $40.00 To be distributed as follows:

National Philoptochos: $15.00 & Metropolis Philoptochos: $6.00 Any additional amount supports the good works of our chapter.

Please print a copy of this form and complete the requested information Name _____________________________________________________________ Spouse ____________________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________________________ City ______________________________ State ___________ Zip _____________ Phone Number ___________________ Cell Number_________________ Email ______________________________________________________ Donation Amount ______________

Please make check payable to St. Andrew’s Women’s Philoptochos Society (SAWPS). Mail your check and this form to: St. Andrew’s Women’s Philoptochos Society

Attn: Membership 5649 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60660

************************************************** Please indicate the SAWPS activities that interest you:

____ Membership ____ Programs for Monthly Meetings ____ Vasilopita

____ Holy Cross Reception (September 13 & 14) ____ St. Andrew’s Reception (November 29 & 30)

____ Baking Pastries ____ Glendi Committee ____ Dinner Dance Committee

____ IOCC Walkathon ____ Christmas Dinner Outing ____ End of Year Dinner Outing

____ Bulletin Board ____ Feed the Hungry/Annunciation Cathedral ____ Outreach Project

____ Boutique ____ Public Relations ____ Thanksgiving Food Baskets

____ Christmas Food Baskets ____ Nursing Home ____Bake Sale (Palm Sunday)

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On August 5th-9th, our Parish family again had the op-portunity of partici-pating in our Vaca-tion Church School program together with our neighbor-ing Parish of St. Demetrios. Our theme for this year was: Feasts of the Theotokos: Trav-eling on the Ark

of Salvation, which is a program written by our Greek Orthodox Diocese Archdiocese – Department of Religious Education and fo-cuses on the major Feast Days of the Virgin Mary, beginning with her birth through the Feast of the Assumption. Our Vacation Church School Program this year took place at the Parish of St. Demetrios in Chicago. Children between the ages of three and twelve had an exciting week of activities including: prayer services, instruction, crafts, singing, gym time, puppet shows with our friend, Barkley, and snacks. This year in particular we were blessed to have Fr. John Kalomas, Dn. Stamati Sfikas along with myself from St. Andrews who instructed our children as well as Fr. Apostolos Georgiafentis, Fr. Peter Sarolas, Margaret Balabanos Bank and Presytera Maria Sarolas from St. Demetrios. In addition, our pro-gram included student volunteers from St.Demetrios and St. An-drew’s. Our Student Assistants this year included Cindy Tsaoussis, Danielle and Jordan Walker who helped in our lessons and activi-ties throughout the week. Their participation provided an addition-al dimension to this beautiful ministry of our Church. We would like to sincerely thank all of these individuals for their assistance for a wonderful week! Kai tou xronou!

We would also like to thank our Vacation Church School and Sun-day School Students, St. Andrew’s Philoptochos, and Parishioners for again supporting our Books and Backpacks Drive. Through everyone’s generous donations, we were able to provide 30 Back-packs essential school supplies for needy children within our local community through the Care for Real Program to help them get off to a good start on their first day of school. Thank you as always for your support in this effort!

We hope that everyone has had a relaxing and enjoyable summer, and is ready to begin a new school year. As we have now entered into the month of September and the beginning of our Ecclesiasti-cal and Sunday Church School Year, we encourage all of our Parish

families to register their children for our Sunday Church School Program. Our First day of Sunday Church School together with our Agiasmos Service and Back to School Barbeque for the up-coming school year (2013-2014) will take place on Sunday, Sep-tember 8, 2013. This year we are continuing our tradition for the First Day of our Sunday Church School Program, and we are asking all of our students to bring their school backpacks to receive a spe-cial Church Blessing and gift as they begin the new school year.

As parents and educators, we need to help our children to learn more about our Faith, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the The-otokos, and the Saints, and to put our beliefs into practice in our lives each and every day. This can only be accomplished by instil-ling this love for the Orthodox Faith within our homes. Towards this end, as in past years, we will be offering you a book at registra-tion on the topics of Prayer and understanding our Church and the Divine Liturgy, as our gift to you to assist you in continuing this instruction with your children at home.

We are excited about our Sunday Church School Program and all of the Parish Ministries relating to our youth, and therefore invite all of the families with children between the ages of two and High School to be part of our Sunday Church School and Youth programs on a weekly basis. Our dedicated staff of Teachers and Assistants will be honored to instruct and share our Orthodox faith with your children.

During this school year, we will also continue focusing on learning the hymnology and developing our Youth Choir through the in-struction of our Choir Director, Dr. Peter Jermihov together with the assistance of Maria Kotsinis. Dr. Jermihov invites all of our students in grades 1st to High School to participate within our Youth Choir on a monthly basis. It is important that our children are enriched with the beautiful music of our Church and so that they can better participate in our Divine Liturgy and services of our Church. Parents, many of you received a Divine Liturgy Hymnal as a registration gift in past years. Please refer to this book and help us in our efforts to teach our children the beautiful hymns of our Holy Orthodox Church, and to use their beautiful voices in singing praises to God!

Fr. John Kalomas together with Fr. Stamati Sfikas and our Pasto-ral Assistant, Julie Tziolas will also continue to enhance our Sun-day Church School Program, Acolyte Program, and Youth Ministry Programs at the various age levels. We are blessed to have so many talented people within our Parish to help instill a true love for our Orthodox Faith and Way of Life for all of our children. Please take the opportunity to be involved as much as possible!

Finally, in preparation for this year’s Godparent Sunday on Novem-ber 3rd, we are requesting that our students new to our Sunday Church School submit a baptismal picture for our picture display collection. Our Baptismal Picture Gallery is a wonderful way for our Parish family to share the baptism memories of all of our stu-dents. So please submit your child’s baptismal picture by bring it to our Sunday Church School Office by Sunday, October 13th along with the form that was in your registration packet.

Looking forward to seeing you!

With Love in Christ,

Kathy Siavelis

St. Andrew’s Women’s Philoptochos Society along with the Sunday

School put together a backpack drive for children in the Edgewater Community. These backpacks along with the monetary donations were given to “Care for Real” and were

distributed to children for their first day of school.

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2013-2014 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

SATURDAY GREEK SCHOOL PROGRAM

Sat, Sept 7 Classes Begin (9:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)

Sat, Nov 30 No School (St. Andrew Feast/Thanksgiving Holiday)

Sat, Dec 14 Report Card Pick-up

Sat, Dec 21 Last Day of Class

(Christmas, New Year & Epiphany Break)

Sat, Jan 11 Classes Resume

Sat, March 15 Rehearsal for 25th of March Program

Sun, March 23 25th of March Program after Divine Liturgy

Sat, April 5 Report Card Pick-up

Sat, April 12 No Classes (Saturday of Lazarus)

Sat, April 19 No Classes (Holy Saturday)

Sat, April 26 Classes Resume

Sat, May 24 No School – Junior Olympics

Sun, June 1 End of School Year Program after Divine Liturgy

DR. BASIL E. STEVEN

GREEK SCHOOL

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SEPTEMBER: 22–Adult Choir 29–Men’s Choir

OCTOBER: 6–Youth Choir 13–Adult Choir

20–Men’s Choir 27–Adult Choir

NOVEMBER: 3–Adult Choir

10–Youth Choir

17–Men’s Choir 24–Adult Choir

DECEMBER: 1–Youth Choir 8–Adult Choir

15–Men’s Choir 22–Adult Choir

Attention all Youth!!! St. Andrew’s Philoptochos invites all Sunday School, Greek School, Youth of the Parish and Parents

on Friday, November 22nd at 6:30 p.m. in the Presidents’ Room

to help make Food Baskets that will be given to “CARE FOR REAL”,

A food pantry in our Edgewater community A light Lenten dinner will be provided.

Please contact Cindy Lynch by Tuesday, Nov 19th at cindychef@yahoo.com or

call 773-338-6491 if you’ll be able to join us. Please bring a dessert to share!

St. Andrew’s Philoptochos

FOOD DRIVE FOR THANKSGIVING Please help by bringing some of these non-

perishable items such as: Canned Goods (fruit, soup, tuna,

tomato sauces, etc.) Cereals, Oatmeal, Breakfast Items

Cookies, Cake Mixes, Frosting Juice/Juice Boxes

Pasta/Spaghetti Sauce Peanut Butter & Jelly

Oil & Vinegar, Salad Dressings, Salt & Pepper Flour/Sugar, Coffee, Tea

Food baskets will be given to “CARE FOR REAL” a food pantry in our Edgewater community All items should be brought to church by:

Sunday, November 17th, but no later than Friday, November 22nd

(Please put your items in the bins located in the hallway of the auditorium) If you’d like to make a monetary donation leave it in the church office, Attn: Vonnie

WHAT IS ESTATE PLANNING (AND WHY DO I NEED IT)?

Tuesday, October 1 1:00PM-2:00PM

Presented by Nancy Franks-Straus, Attorney-at-Law (CPA, CFP, LLM in Taxation, and member of the AARP Legal Services Network)

Have questions about estate planning and how you can benefit from it? Nancy will outline the process that will help you un-derstand:

Planning for disability (health care issues, living wills, and Health Care Power of Attorney)

Planning for financial issues (Property Power of Attorney and guardianship)

Planning for death (wills, probate, living trusts, and estate taxes)

She’ll also provide the three estate planning documents that

everyone should have! Light refreshments will be served.

At St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church. Cost: FREE Reservations Required: (773) 769-1995

At St. Andrew’s providing

Senior Services

TASTE OF ITALY Mather Edgewater Lunch

Monday, September 23, 2013

Mama Mia! If you’re not Italian, today you will be as you enjoy the romance and entertainment of Italy. You’ll be serenaded by vocalist Peter Oprisko performing songs from the Rat Pack era. Then savor a tasty menu of Italian meatballs and sausage, cheese tortellini with marinara sauce, penne pasta primavera, fresh green salad, seasonal fresh fruit, assorted rolls, dessert and beverages.

Check in is at 11:30a.m.—Performance: 12-2pm

Cost is $9.00 for Mather Edgewater Members; $10.00 for Vegetarian meals (must be requested prior). Call toll-free1-888-600-2560 to RSVP by Wed, Sept 18

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St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church

5649 N. Sheridan Rd.

Chicago, IL 60660

SERVICES FOR THE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, & NOVEMBER

Friday, September 13: Great Vespers at 7PM Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross

Saturday, September 14: Orthros at 8:30AM,

followed by Divine Liturgy at 10AM Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross

Thursday, September 26: Divine Liturgy at 10AM

The Falling Asleep of St. John the Thelologian

Friday, October 18: Divine Liturgy at 10AM St. Luke the Evangelist

Monday, October 28: Divine Liturgy at 10AM

Aghia Skepi/ OXI Day

Friday, November 1: Divine Liturgy at 10AM Saints Cosmas and Damianos

Saturday, November 9: Divine Liturgy at 10AM Saint Nektarios

Wednesday, November 13: Divine Liturgy at 10AM

Saint John Chrysostom

Thursday, November 21: Orthros at 9AM, followed by Divine Liturgy at 10AM

Feast of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary to the Temple

Friday, November 29: Great Vespers at 7PM

Feast of St. Andrew

Saturday, November 30: Orthros at 8:30AM, followed by Divine Liturgy at 10AM

Feast of St. Andrew