The Monthly Newsletter of Holy Trinity–St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church The Voice Volume : 15 Number : 8 Month : August 2015 Saint Kosmas of Aetolia, or Patrokosmas, as he is called, is a figure in both church and national history who in the 18th century cast his light upon the path which the Greeks would follow a little before the outbreak of the Struggle for Liberation. He was the son of devout parents who brought him up accordingly, and he came from the village of Mega Dendron in Ae- tolia. His aptitude for learning took him to the school run by the Vatopedi Mon- astery on the Holy Mountain of Athos, where he studied under teachers famed for their learning. When the Athonite Academy fell into decay, the young Kostas (his name in the world) went to the Philotheou Monastery. There he was tonsured a monk and given the name of Kosmas and zeal- ously engaged in many ascetic practices. At the request of the fathers of the Monastery, he was ordained a priest. St. Kosmas had a burning desire to be of service to his brothers in Christ who were suffering so many hardships. The enslave- ment of many years with the subsequent degradation of life, ignorance, and the decline into barbarity in behavior were the scourges of the mass of Christians. The reflections of St. Kosmas on this situation led him to go out to the people and begin a series of preaching tours. As his thoughts matured, with the permission of the fathers of the Monastery, around 1760 he left for Constantinople, where he received the blessing of the Patriarch Seraphim II. St. Kosmas began his preaching from the enslaved Capital itself. He then went to Nafpaktos, Mesolonghi and other areas of Greece, returning to Constantinople in 1774. With the permission of the new Patriarch Sophronius II, the Saint resumed his apostolic task. He returned for a little while to Athos, but his love for the Church’s flock led his steps to Thessaloniki, Veria, and other parts of Macedonia. From there, he moved on to Acarnania and Aitolia, as far as Arta and Preveza. Because of the large crowds which followed him, the Saint used to preach on open plains, always with the permission of the local bishop and aga (a local Turkish official). His words were simple, but filled with the Holy Spirit. It was his custom wherever he was going to preach to tell the people to construct a wooden cross. He would then place a stool which he carried with him against the cross and preach standing upon it. The cross would remain as a reminder of his preaching. The Saint urged the Christians to build schools so that their children could learn about the Faith and be well-grounded in Christian piety. He would speak to them about the divine services of the Church, explain to them the value of repentance and confession, warning them against sin and urging them to lead lives of goodness. Continued on Page 2 “Patrokosmas”- Saint Kosmas of Aetolia Commemorated on August 24
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The Monthly Newsletter of Holy Trinity–St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
The Voice Volume : 15 Number : 8 Month : August 2015
Saint Kosmas of Aetolia, or Patrokosmas, as he is called, is a figure in both
church and national history who in the 18th century cast his light upon
the path which the Greeks would follow a little before the outbreak of the
Struggle for Liberation. He was the son of devout parents who brought
him up accordingly, and he came from the village of Mega Dendron in Ae-
tolia.
His aptitude for learning took him to the school run by the Vatopedi Mon-
astery on the Holy Mountain of Athos, where he studied under teachers
famed for their learning. When the Athonite Academy fell into decay, the
young Kostas (his name in the world) went to the Philotheou Monastery.
There he was tonsured a monk and given the name of Kosmas and zeal-
ously engaged in many ascetic practices. At the request of the fathers of
the Monastery, he was ordained a priest.
St. Kosmas had a burning desire to be of service to his brothers in Christ who were suffering so many hardships. The enslave-
ment of many years with the subsequent degradation of life, ignorance, and the decline into barbarity in behavior were the
scourges of the mass of Christians. The reflections of St. Kosmas on this situation led him to go out to the people and begin a
series of preaching tours. As his thoughts matured, with the permission of the fathers of the Monastery, around 1760 he left
for Constantinople, where he received the blessing of the Patriarch Seraphim II.
St. Kosmas began his preaching from the enslaved Capital itself. He then went to Nafpaktos, Mesolonghi and other areas of
Greece, returning to Constantinople in 1774. With the permission of the new Patriarch Sophronius II, the Saint resumed his
apostolic task. He returned for a little while to Athos, but his love for the Church’s flock led his steps to Thessaloniki, Veria, and
other parts of Macedonia. From there, he moved on to Acarnania and Aitolia, as far as Arta and Preveza.
Because of the large crowds which followed him, the Saint used to preach on open plains, always with the permission of the
local bishop and aga (a local Turkish official). His words were simple, but filled with the Holy Spirit. It was his custom wherever
he was going to preach to tell the people to construct a wooden cross. He would then place a stool which he carried with him
against the cross and preach standing upon it. The cross would remain as a reminder of his preaching. The Saint urged the
Christians to build schools so that their children could learn about the Faith and be well-grounded in Christian piety. He would
speak to them about the divine services of the Church, explain to them the value of repentance and confession, warning them
against sin and urging them to lead lives of goodness.
Continued on Page 2
“Patrokosmas”- Saint Kosmas of Aetolia
Commemorated on August 24
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As with the Apostles, St. Kosmas’ preaching was often confirmed by miraculous signs. The Saint
was admired and even feared by many Turks, and hated by many Jews. They spread unfounded
accusations against him and slandered him to Kurt Pasha, to whom they offered money if he
would put St. Kosmas to death. Kurt Pasha conspired with the hodja of the village of Kolikontasi
in Albania that a trap would be set for St. Kosmas. On the pretext that the Pasha wished to see
him, they took the Saint to a remote spot and hung him on August 24th, 1779. His murderers
stripped the sanctified body of the Saint, tied a stone to it, and threw it into the river. The local
Christians looked for his corpse, but could not find it. In a miraculous manner it rose to the sur-
face and was pulled out by Papa Markos, the priest of the All-Holy Theotokos of the Presenta-
tion Monastery, which is near Kolikontasi, and buried it at the back of the sanctuary. Many
other miracles followed the martyr’s death of the Saint, and he was quickly established in the
mind of the people not only as a martyr but as a true apostle.
APOLYTIKION: By teaching the Divine Faith, thou hast richly adorned the Church and become
a zealous imitator of the Apostles; for having been lifted up by the wings of divine love, that
hast spread far and wide the message of the Gospel. O glorious Kosmas, entreat God that He
grants us His great mercy.
KONTAKION: Having led an irreproachable life on Athos, like Moses thou hast been deemed worthy of God's manifestation;
wherefore truly thou dost gladden the Church exceedingly by thy deeds and thy God-inspired words, O Father Kosmas, having
contended for which, thou hast been adorned with a double crown.
MEGALYNARION: Rejoice thou emulator of the Apostles, teacher and luminary of the Church; rejoice thou divine cultivator
of piety, associate of Martyrs and peer of Angels.
Greek Patients Dear Parishioners,
By the Grace of God our community, once again, offered financial assistance and moral support to a family who, for the fourth
time, was in Cincinnati for an extensive and very costly intestinal operation at our Cincinnati Children's Hospital. The Department
of Gastroenterology is headed by Dr. Alberto Pena, internationally known gastroenterology surgeon. Patients from all over the
world visit our Children's Hospital for his knowledge and skill in the field of congenital malformations. Through our community's
generosity, which includes the indispensable help of Father Bill's encouragement in passing the tray, our Mothers Club, our Philop-
tochos ladies and our very generous private donors we have once again helped a family in relieving some of the financial anxiety
faced by them in the preservation of the life of their child.
Health care is extremely expensive for those coming from outside of the country. The Greek health care system has, up to now,
paid for the therapy of these very serious congenital diseases (surgeries costing $400,000 to over $500,000 per patient), but is un-
able to offer any help in transportation, food, expensive equipment and medications needed to sustain the health and life of the
child. All expenses are left to the families. These families include those working in Greece whether they are Greeks, Albanians,
Syrians, etc. Our most recent patient is from the island of Crete. You will find their letter of gratitude on the bulletin board in the
hall area. To borrow the words of Mrs. Kapostanio, mother of the patient, "may we always be in a position to give and make a dif-
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Annual Car Raffle
Early August represents the midpoint between our Parish’s two significant fundrais-ing events. Panegyri is now a few weeks behind us, of course, along with the crowds and aching joints. Meanwhile, the Annual Car Raffle is now on the horizon, only a few weeks away – details in the ad below.
The goal of this year’s Raffle is, adapting Frank Cook’s words, to do again what we did last year, only better. The outline of the event is indeed the same as before: food, drink, prizes and, most of all, fun.
What’s better? The answer is found in our solutions to past challenges. For instance, we’ve always faced a capacity challenge. Lowering the maximum number of tickets sold improves the chances both of winning and of seating everyone.
We’ve also improved the affordability of the two Grand Prizes while maintaining a high level of appeal. This is especially true of the car prize, where moving to a pre-paid lease allows us to offer a higher-profile make and model than in years past.
Given the contribution that the Car Raffle makes to funding the ongoing needs and ministries of our Parish, we hope you will support the event by purchasing a ticket. We also need volunteers to help with the event itself – please contact Co-Chairs Lew Parsenios(513-232-9425) or Peter Aamodt(513-582-7261), if interested.
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CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS OVER FIFTY CLUB…Ann Jonson
Many of us enjoyed the Italian food we had at Maggiano’s in May. After some deliberation with them, we were able to get the private room upstairs and order from the menu. They nor-mally only allow you to get family style food when you have a private room. The lady I talked with said we can go back again.
Thank you to Pat J. Zaferes for donating the cake in honor of Tina’s birthday. It was delicious.
Congratulations to Nicoletta Frankenstein and Elliot Pohlmann on their marriage in May. Nicoletta is the granddaughter of Kosta and Tina Petropoulos.
Also, congratulations to Miranda Watzek and Peter Triantafilou on their marriage in July. Peter is the grandson of Rita Trianta-filou.
At our May meeting, we concluded our year-end business. We selected the following three charities for the year: Bethany House, Dress for Success and the St. Nicholas Shrine. We then elected our Daughter of the Year, Mary Morgan. This award is given to the sister who has done the most for the chapter dur-ing the year. The next election was for Penelope of the Year, Vera Manolakas. This award is for a lifetime of service in Daughters, church, other organizations and the community. The recipient of our Viola Christopher Scholarship is Christina MacAskill. The rest of the meeting was devoted to planning our events for the coming year.
In June, three of us attended the District Convention in Canton, Ohio. I am pleased to announce that our chapter won the Most Philanthropic by Percentage award. Angela Storch was awarded the Outstanding Secretary award. Vera Manolakas was awarded District Penelope of the Year award. This is the highest honor that can be bestowed on a sister at the District level.
Several sisters' children received academic scholarships from our district Buckeye Scholarship Foundation. They included Zachary Nicholas, Zoe Storch, Christina MacAskill and Eleni Panagiotopoulos. Christina was also awarded an academic scholarship from the Daughters at the national level. Congratu-lations to all of them!
Please mark your calendars for our Wine Tasting event on Octo-ber 10. This year we will have a wine expert and the wines will be paired with the appetizers. There will also be an auction and a surprise guest.
Have a good rest of the summer!
DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE…Vera Manolakas
SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOL…Tricia Fielden
“....and they brought the Children unto the Lord.” (Matthew 19:13-14)
With back to school fast approaching, so is the start of our 2015 - 2016 Sunday Church School year. We would like to recognize and thank Cara Chryssovergis for her leadership, time and tal-ents in serving as our former Sunday Church School Director. The Religious Education Team (RET) has been formed to lead the efforts of our Sunday Church School Program. Team mem-bers are: Peter Aamodt, Presvytera Anastasia Cassis, Trish Fiel-den, Vivian Kapourales, Peggy Kehayes, Amanda Kontopos and Dena Mathes. The Religious Education Team serves under the guidance of Father Bill and Father William.
The purpose of our Sunday Church School is to have our chil-dren grow into informed Orthodox Christians to be able to prac-tice their faith. This is achieved through participating in the Di-vine Liturgy and attending Sunday Church School on a regular basis.
Our Church School offers classes for students ages 3 years to high school senior. The curriculum focuses on a variety of sub-jects including Orthodox feast days, the life of Jesus, what we see and do in Church, the saints and apostles, the Sacraments, and the Divine Liturgy. In addition, we have a class for ADULTS called, "Living the Orthodox Life". The intent of this class is to refresh understanding of Orthodox essentials, learned years ago in SCS, and to explore the Orthodox faith with respect to life.
SCS begins Sunday, September 13th. As a reminder, the Divine Liturgy begins at 9:30 am. Families are encouraged to sit in the first eight pews on the left side of the Nave which are reserved for Sunday Church School. Classes begin directly following the distribution of Holy Communion. Classes end at 11:45 am.
REGISTRATION - Each year, we do require new and existing stu-dents to electronically register for Sunday Church School. To register, simply click on the following link: 2015 - 2016 Sunday
Church School Registration. Registration is also available from the Church’s website, under “Youth Ministry” > “Sunday Church School”.
VOLUNTEER - Please consider sharing your time, and talent as a Sunday Church School teacher, substitute teacher, a parent classroom volunteer or member of the Religious Education Team. Please email the Sunday Church School inbox at [email protected] to volunteer!
Thank you for your continued support of our Sunday Church School program. We are looking forward to a year of building fellowship within the classrooms and guiding our children to grow into informed Christians!
In May, the new Philoptochos Board was elected. Our new Board members are: Georgianne Gaz, President; Vera Manolakas, 1st Vice Presi-dent; Elaine Snyder, 2nd Vice President; Mary Morgan, Cor-responding Secretary; Eleni Zaferes, Recording Secretary; Tina Zaferes, Treasurer; Irene Kanaris, Assistant Treasurer; Loy Jonson, Diane Kevin, Helen Nicholas, and Carol Ste-fanopoulos. We congratulate them on their election and look forward to their leadership of Philoptochos over the next two years.
PHILOPTOCHOS…Georgianne Gaz As part of the National Philoptochos “Feed the Hungry” Pro-gram, members of our Philoptochos Chapter prepared a chicken dinner on June 9 for residents and families at the City Gospel Mission on Dalton Street near the Main Post Of-fice. The new facility just opened up in the Spring; the din-ing room and kitchen are bright, clean and large. Our mem-bers served 120 meals that evening. After serving the meal, the Philoptochos members sat at the tables and spoke with the people they had served. It was very humbling and re-warding. Our next dinner at the City Gospel Mission will be Tuesday, August 11, and we invite members of the commu-nity to join us.
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Parish Council President's Message - by Jim Gelis
It is the midpoint of the year, and results from the 2015 Panegyri are coming in. The final tally will be completed by
August for a report to the Parish Council and the entire community. We should all be thankful for the beautiful
weather we had on Sunday of that weekend, which brought the crowds and helped offset Friday’s decline. Without
the turnout on Sunday, the festival numbers would have been disappointing. A big thanks to everyone who volun-
teered time, donated goods and services, and paid for the sponsorships. On behalf of the Parish Council, I extend a
sincere thank you to Eugene Nicholas and Chris Chryssovergis for their leadership in chairing the Panegyri. I also
want to thank Operations Co-Chairmen Jim Betas and Paul Misali for assuming this critical responsibility when the
need arose unexpectedly. I realize there are many individuals whom I should mention here, my space is limited.
Please know that your support is greatly appreciated.
While we all can take a much deserved break, we must look ahead to the next task at hand. Sales of tickets for the
upcoming Car Raffle are underway with 25% already sold at the Panegyri. You don’t want to miss out. So contact
Lew Parsenios or Peter Aamodt on how you can purchase a ticket. These fundraising efforts help supplement our
Stewardship program each year. For example, a portion of the proceeds from this year’s Panegyri paid the remain-
ing balance on our line credit that we used to finance replacement of the old HVAC units in 2014. Even as we con-
tinue to implement our long term maintenance plan with scheduled capital repairs, we must also consider how we
will cover daily operating expenses. Look for more information in the coming months in preparation for the 2016
Stewardship campaign.
Enjoy the summer with friends and family, but get ready to start the next endeavor. We’re in the second half of the
year, and our work is just getting started.
Panegyri 2015 Reflection - by Eugene Nicholas
This year’s Panegyri, like many before it, was full of memories that will be with me forever. First, there was great sadness with the passing of our General Chairman, Frank Cook. I missed our daily conversations about what was going well, and how we could make next year even better. Although Frank can never be replaced, the team of lead-ers who stepped up this year to fill his shoes would have made him proud.
As many of you know, I like to organize and plan for everything I do. This year all of the work paid off in a wonder-ful way. For the first time, we passed all of our inspections on Thursday. It was in our plan and was quite a relief when it happened. We had all day Friday to prepare for opening without the stress of someone telling us what needed to be fixed. By 5:00 pm on Friday, we were ready. Fr. Bill and Fr. William gave an opening prayer, and we honored the memory of Mary Trohanis and Frank Cook. Panegyri 2015 was underway.
Unfortunately for us, the weather man had something else in mind, which was not in our plan. The warnings of se-vere storms, which never occurred on our property, scared most patrons away. The few that attended made their purchases and left. It was not the experience that we wanted for our patrons. Friday was not a typical day, but there is always Saturday. Thank God!
The weather man once again gave a fairly unclear forecast on Saturday. Although we were supposed to get some sun in the afternoon, it never materialized. I have never seen so many jackets and long pants at a Panegyri. The pa-
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Fun Facts About Our Panegyri
Pastries Supplies used in 2015
430 lbs. of ground walnuts
1200 lbs. of butter
1500 lbs. of sugar
175 lbs. of powdered sugar
240 dozen eggs
1400 lbs. of flour
Yiayia's Mezethakia Supplies used in 2015
29 - 30 lb. cases of crinkle cut French fries
27 - 10 lb. cases of meatballs
140 lb of kefalotyri cheese for saganaki
Gyro Booth Supplies used in 2015
173 - 30 lb. gyro cones
9100 individual pitas
128 gallons of tzatziki sauce
Attendance
Although this year we had a light crowd of approximately 17,000, over the past 10 years more than
200,000 guests have visited our Panegyri!
Our continued prayers and thanks to our Lord for allowing us to host and share this wonderful
event with our friends and neighbors!
trons came in at a steady pace and we managed to have a very good Saturday. Again, thank God! I can’t say this enough because our Parish is truly blessed in every way and we must be thankful.
Sunday, the forecast was for the perfect Panegyri day! This time the weather man got it right. Our guests poured in, and we finally had the opportunity to really host a Panegyri. I know we host this as a fundraiser, but in our hearts it is about sharing our faith, food and culture with the community.
The Panegyri ended with Fr. William on stage giving a closing prayer. A short while later, the volunteers gathered for an after festival meal under the large tent. It was a wonderful sight to see more than 100 volunteers sharing a meal and enjoying fellowship after working so hard. Our volunteers are the best, and we appreciate their dedica-tion and commitment to making the Panegyri a success.
I know many of you are curious as to how we did financially. Despite the adverse weather conditions, the weekend turned out very well. Including pre-revenue, weekend revenue, and post revenue our overall gross sales are $412,000. I am still paying bills, and working on the overall expenses. The profit looks to be close to our budget and the margin looks very good. I will give a full report at the Fall General Assembly in October.
Thank you to all the chair people and volunteers who made our 41st Panegyri a success!
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Thanks to our Individual, Family, Organization and Corporate Sponsors. This year we raised over $34,000 in monetary,
equipment and service donations!
PANEGYRI CORPORATE SPONSORS:
A&A Safety Alleen Rents B & J Baking Company Brentwood Printing & Envelope Inc. Camp Washington Chili Cleaner Concepts Corfu Foods, Inc. Dixie Chili Empress Chili Esquire Theatre GP Electric Gus Perdikakis Associates, Inc. Kenwood Theatre Kotsovos Furs & Fine Apparel Mariemont Theatre MillerCoors, LLC Montgomery Inn Mt. Kofinas Greek Olive Oil Murray Brothers Amusements North Side Bank & Trust Company Pastrimas Painting Pepsi Price Hill Chili Restaurant Depot Sebastian's Greek Restaurant Security Fence Group, Inc. Skipper’s Pub Top Deck Skyline Chili, Inc. Skyline Chili, Blue Ash Skyline Chili, Eastgate Skyline Chili, Finneytown Skyline Chili, Kenwood Skyline Chili, Kings Mill Skyline Chili, Middletown Stagnaro Distributing The Kroger Co. United Dairy Farmers Walton’s Dairy Delight Warsteiner Brewery PANEGYRI SPONSORS & PATRONS:
Andrew T. & Ginger Amarantos
Terry & Gina Amarantos
Paul Andreadis
Sophia S. Andreadis
Anonymous Donors
Sylvia Rombis-Barnhart Chris & Melissa Beltsos
Paul & Jeanna Beltsos
Steven & Kanda Beltsos
Sam & Esmine Beltsos
George Betas
Lenora Black
Anna Bouras
Perrie Brock
Boy Scout Troop #483
William & George-Ann Brown
Marian Bugitzedes
George Chantilas
James & Lydia Chantilas
Carl & Becky Christman
Mary J. Christos
Tony & Joan Colak
Daughters of Penelope
Jim & Elvera Delp
Jack & Karen Distler Dr. William R. & Katherine Drew
Paul & Mary Lou Edgington
Peter C. Georgeton
Alexandra Fillios
Elias & Mary Fillios
George & Christine Frankenstein
Gloria I. Giannestras
GOYA
Matula Gregory
Mike & Akrivi Haralamos
Steve & Christina Iatrides
John & Antigone Johnson Carolyn Jones
George N. & Sophia Jonson
Ted & Dixie Karas
James & Helen Kereiakes
Helen Lambrinides
Ted & Kimberly Lambrinides
Lauren Landers
Gus A. & Kathryn Leon
Pete C. & Pearl Maleas
John J. & Jeri Marrone
Ron & Christine Masella
Kathryn & Ryan McCullough
Ted Merianos
Andy & Maria Meyer Nicholas Mirkopoulos
Eugene & Cindy Nicholas
Nick & Helen Nicholas
Lorraine Panagopoulos
Over Fifty Club
Lorraine Panagopoulos
James & Maria Papakirk
Martha H. Pappas
Dr. Nicholas & Angie Parthenakis
Panegyri Baking Ladies
Joannis & Christina Petkos
Philoptochos
Tom & Angie Rombes
Afrodite K. Seremetis
Georgios & Kathy Sias
Milan & Elaine Snyder Angelo & Eleni Soulas
Konstantinos & Patricia Soulas
Nicholas & Becky Spanorigas
Dolores Sperelakis
St. Xavier High School Springfield Twp Fire Dept Springfield Twp Police Dept William M. & Janis Stergiopoulos
Richard & Katherine Strain
Artemis Thomakos
Steve & Tatsa Toleski George & Eleni Triantafilou
William & Marie Tsacalis
Alex & Soula Vassiliou
Lenie Vessey
Wallace & Michelle Wilson
Katherine (Tina) Zaferes
Patricia J. Zaferes SPECIAL THANKS: To Zach Nicholas for volunteering his time to create the graphic designs used for the poster, print ads, the volunteer t-shirt and bumper sticker for this year’s Panegyri. PANEGYRI VOLUNTEERS! The PANEGYRI chairmen and the Parish Council of the Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church would like to thank the members and friends of our Parish, who have unselfishly given of their time, cheerful service and finan-cial support to make our 41st Annual PANEGYRI a huge success!
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BAPTISMS:
CHRISMATIONS:
ADULT BAPTISM:
WEDDINGS:
The New Christian: Elias Parents: Konstantinos and Jodi (Jones) Vasiliou
Sponsors: Daniel and Jenna Tansae Date: June 14, 2015
The New Christian: Arianna Parents: Michael and Anna (Varypatakis) Bikas
Sponsors: Matthew and Vicky Mineard Date: July 18, 2015
The Newlyweds: Alison Tonges and Thomas Giovis Sponsor: Peter Pentsos
Date: June 20, 2015
The Newlyweds: Leila David and Shaker Dawod Sponsor Andrew Dawod
Date: July 4, 2015
The New Christian: Lukas Aiden Parents: Brian and Chrisanthi (Konstantinou) Binzer
Sponsors: Athanasios Sarlis and Despina Sarli Date: July 19, 2015
Gary Nathaniel Larew was welcomed into the Orthodox Faith by the Sacrament of Holy Chrismation on May 24, 2015. His Sponsor is Gary Knouff. He was given the name Constantine.
Candra Rae Spirtoff was welcomed into the Orthodox Faith by the Sacrament of Holy Chrismation on
May 31, 2015. Her Sponsor is Vicki Spirtoff.
The Newlyweds: Sarah Elizabeth Uhimchuk and Alistair Watson Sponsors: Anastasios and Anna Ioannides
Date: May 24, 2015
The Newlyweds: Nicoletta Frankenstein and Eliott Pohlmann Sponsors: Jason and Vasiliki Brunson
Date: May 20, 2015
Joshua Paul Hays was welcomed into the Orthodox Faith by the Sacraments of Baptism and Chrismation on May 31, 2015. His Sponsor is John Spirtoff.
The Newlyweds: Calliope Vasiliki Cassis and Ryan Christopher Capra Sponsor; Elias Basil Cassis
Date: July 11, 2015
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Aamodt, Peter & Karen Adinamis, George & Robyn Alex, James L. & Koula Allgeier, Brian & Ellen Anastasiou, Demetra Andreadis, Paul Andreadis, Sophie S. Andrews, Evan & Terry Antoniades, Anthony & Tracey Apalodimas, Maria Apostol, Katherine Apostolides, Vasso A.
Argeros, Aristea Arvanetes, Gregory & Sandra Assaley, Lewis & Patricia Bakiri, Keti & Andrew Murray Balli, James & Virginia Basile, Courtney Batsakes, George P. Batsakis, Chris & Lydia Beish, Andrew Beish, Karen Beltsos, Chris & Melissa Beltsos, Paul & Jeanna
Beltsos, Sam & Esmine Beltsos, Steven & Kanda Benard, Matthew & Sophia Bender, Robert & Kathy Bertok, Christina Betas, Dimitrios Betas, George Betas, Maria Bikas, Michael & Anna Bikas, Nicholas Bilionis, Charles† & Angela Binzer, Brian & Chrisanthi
2015 STEWARDSHIP LIST THROUGH 7-20-15
2015 Stewardship Progress
Budgeted Goal - $430,000
7-20-15 Update:
Pledged - $327,276- 77% of Goal Received - $238,957 - 56% of Goal Operating Expenses - $427,480 This thermometer is located in the bulletin board in the hallway leading to the gym. It is updated as often as possible. We are now halfway through 2015, and we have only pledges for 77% of our goal. Our minis-tries are dependent on your stewardship. The goal set in the budget by the General Assembly is a conserva-tive one. It only covers about half of our operating budget. The other half is raised through the Panegyri, Car Raffle, candles, trays and any other donation we may receive. The Parish Council and Stewardship Committee ask that if you have not yet made a pledge for 2015, please consider doing so today. Let’s make 2015 our best year ever!
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Borcoman, Tate & Nicole Borod, Gregory & Gloria Bottomley, Stephen & Stephanie Boulmetis, Samuel N. & Anita Boumis, Peter & Kimberly Brausch, Robert & Julie Bouras, Anna Brown, Bryan & Nickie Brown, William & George-Ann Bugitzedes, Marian Caddell, Chris & Eleni Callos, Harry† & Angie† Callos, Thomas & Patricia Caneris, Adonis & Ana Maria Caneris, Anthony & Antoinette Caneris, Dr. Onassis A. Cantrell, Daniel & Katerina Cardullias, Dr. Peter & Elaine Carey, Lee & Tula Carras, Evan & Betsy Carumpalos, Constantine Cassis, Constantine & Carrie Cassis, Eli Cassis, Fr. William & Presvytera Anastasia Chachoff, Nada Chantilas, George Chantilas, James & Dr. Lydia Chapas, Lefty Charnas, Terry & Koula Christman, Carl & Becky Christofield, Angeliki Christon, Angelos & Deanna Christopher, Spiro & Olga Christopoulos, Vassiliki Christos, Mary J. Chryssovergis, Chris & Cara Claffie, Sean & Angela Colak, Tony & Joan Colyer, Jeff & Laura Colyer, Keith & Diane Condorodis, Anestis J. & Janeen D. Condorodis, Dr. Constandinos J. & Carolyn Cook, Barbara Cook, Frank† & Karen Coures, George Cranley, John & Dena Dargis, Melody & David David, Mossa & Caroline Demetrion, Jim J. & Carole Denas, George & Eugenia Denas, Haralambos & Athoniseea Diaz, Chris & Stephanie
Drew, Dr. William & Katherine Economacos, Demetrios & Christine Economacos, Tom & Jennifer Economakis, Tina Edgington, Paul & Mary Lou Elias, Nicholas Elias, Tom & Tina Eliopoulos-Rosenbloom, Connie Ernst, James H. & Sue Evangelou, Sofia Fawcett, Tracy & Jessica Fekkos, Haralambos & Loella Ann Fielden, Brad & Tricia Fillios, Elias & Mary Firman, Nancy & Jerry Francis, Dean & Kathy Frangowlakis, Thomas Frankenstein, George & Christine Franklin, Gari Frantzis, Kosta & Tammy Freeman, Maria Freudenberg, Grey & Eleni Fritz, Christine Furkas, Lisa Gaier, Dean Gaier, Jeffrey & Chris Anne Galanes, George Gallagher, Sean & Marina Gaskins, Mark & Kristin Gaz, Georgianne Gelis, James & Kathy Gelis, Maria Georgeton, Chris P. & Barbara Georgeton, John C. & Ann Georgeton, John P. & Kimberly Georgeton, Peter C. Georgeton, Peter T. & Nancy Georgiou, Dean Georgiton, Nick & Kristy Georgiton, Peter J. & Betsy Georgostathis, Gus & Connie Georgostathis, Gus & Eleni Georgostathis, Maria Georgoulakis, Athanasios & Sofia Geromes, Alexander Gerros, Mary Ghiz, Leslie Ghizas, John & Helen Gilbert, Bob & Faith Gionnette, Lena & Mike Giovis, Chris A. & Jean M. Giovis, Helen
Giovis, Thomas M. Glaser, Brian & Stella Gormas, Pete Grammas, George & Pam Greene, David & Maria Gregory, Dean & Hedy Gregory, Matula Gregory, Thomas & Pamela Gregory, Victoria Haddad, Saba & Elise Haralamos, George & Eleni Haralamos, Mike G. & Akrivi Hayden, Jason & Rebecca Herrmann, Dennis & Stacy Hill, Ann “Tasha” Himonidis, Chris & Ruth Hodges, Nick & Millie Humbert, Randy & DeDe Hudson, Christine Iatrides, Panawiota Iatrides, Steve & Christina Kutsubu Ioannides, Tasos & Anna Ioannou, Maria & John Ioannou, Michael & Meagan Johnson, John & Antigone Jones, Carolyn Jones, Demus J. & Betty Jones, James A. & Jo Ann Jonson, Alexander & Ann Jonson, Chris C. & Loy Jonson, George N. & Sophia Jonson, James G. & Thelma Jonson, Luke & Lauren Jonson, Patricia J. Kahle, John & Nickie Kalemanis, Gary & Maria Kalemanis, George & Nikki Kalomeres, Carol Kambelos, John P. & Erato Kambelos, Dr. Peter J. Kanaris, Christos Kanaris, Kostantinos & Katy Kanelos, Dino & Julie Kanelos, Eleni Kaniaris, John & Idalia Kapourales, Harry & Vivian Kapourales, Louis Kappas, James P. Karageorge, Dimitri & Athena Karakatsani, Marianthi Karampas, George & Diane Karas, Bill J. & Lynn Karas, Ted & Dixie
The rich man is not the one who has much, but the one who gives much. For what he gives away remains his forever.
St. John Chrysostom
The parishioners listed here have made a commitment and/or contribution towards 2015 Stewardship. If you have not made your Stewardship
Pledge for 2015, we encourage you to do so today. Pledge Cards are available through the Church Office or can be obtained by contacting any
member of the Parish Council or the Clergy.
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Karras, Giorgio & Erene Kasidonis, John & Tina Kasprzycki, Peter & Edyta Katsanis, Claire C. Katsanis, James & Diane Katsaounis, Nick & Fay Kavouras, George & Fran Kehayes, Peggy Kehayes, William & Melissa Kellaris, Dr. James & Janice Kelley, Michael & Pauline Kelso, Greg & Kelly Kereiakes, James & Helen Kessis, Nick Kessis, Paul Kevin, Patrick & Diane Kezios, Bessie Kissopoulos, Nick & Effy Kladakis, John & Teddi Kontonickas, Mary Kontopos, Pete & Katerina Kontopos, Vagelis & Amanda Kontsis, George & Melissa Koros, Kostas & Dina Korvessis, Anthony & Georgia Lydia Kostopoulos, Dina Kostopoulos, Nikolaos & Dana Kotsovos, Christos & Victoria Koutas, Peter & Barbara Kranias, George & Litsa Kranias, Stratos & Amanda Kunkemoeller, Thomas & Janice Kurlas, Gus Kyrios, Eleni Kyrios, Irini Kyrios, Lillian Kyrios, Tassos & Maria Lambrinides, Ted & Kimberly Lambrinides, Thomas J. & Mary Ann Landando, James & Yvonne Landers, Lauren Lazares, Gus J. Lazares, John K. & Patricia Leon, Gus A. & Kathryn LesChander, Scott L. & Alexandra Leslie, Wayne & Peggy Levenderis, Bill & Jill Liaros, Vasilios & Evangelia Liston, Robert & Eleni Loukoumidis, George & Stacey Lysko, Bob & Stacy Makris, Thomas & Ellen Maleas, Pete C. & Pearl Mamaligas, Mike & Joann Manolakas, Alexander & Vera Marinakis, Bill D. & Evonne Marinakis, George D. & Eleni Marinakis, George S. Marinakis, Panagiota Marinakis, Ted D. & Katie Maris, George & Tricia
Marrone, John J. & Jeri Marrone, John & Tai Masella, Ron & Christine Mathes, Robert & Dena Mavridoglou, George & Penny Mavridoglou, Konstantinos Mavridoglou, Michael & Laura Mavridoglou, Nicholas & Jessica McKay, Betty Jo McKay, Phil & Chris McLeish, David & Kiki McNulty, Robin & Melanie Megois, Lee S. & Stephanie Merianos, Ted Meyer, Andy & Maria Mikesell, Marco & Aphrodite Minor, Eleni Mintsoulis, Maria & Jack O’Banion Mirkopoulos, Nicholas Mirkos, Marilyn Mirkos, Steve & Edyta Misali, A. J. "Ike" Misali, John P. & Deborah Misali, Mary Jean Misali, Paul J. Mitropoulos, Pete & Konstantina Mohler, David & Angel Mokas, Mary Monroe, Angeliki Morgan, Paul & Mary Morris, John & Christine Mortensen, Danny Moulas, Dean & Catherine Moyer, Gabe & Maria Muennich, Sam & Melissa Murray-Nikias, Stella P. Naser, Jacoub & Dina Nathan, Jaimie & Amy Neuendorf, David & Patricia Nicholas, Eugene & Cindy Nicholas, George & Eugenia Nicholas, Nick & Helen Nichols, Ron & Philanthy Niehoff, Barbara Nikias, Charles P. & Vicki Nikias, Vasilia Nitsis, Dimitrius & Leisa Nourtsis, Sam & Alexandra Nyktas, George W. O'Neill, Brian & Stephanie Orphanos, Peter & Angela Palassis, Nick & Maria Paliobagis, Vasiliki Panagiotidis, Pantelis & Anastasia Panagis, Nick & Maria Papakirk, James & Maria Panos, Aphrodite Pantel, Nicholas J. Papaioannou, Thomas & Mary Paparodis, Bess Papasavvas, Nektarios & Sally
Papathanas, Harry & Joyce Pappas, Martha H. Pappas, Steven & Jolene Parsenios, Lewis G. Parthenakis, Nicholas & Angie Pascal, Betsy Pascal, James Pastroumas, Evgenia Pavlakis, George & Suzanne Payiatis, Paul & Patricia Perdikakis, Constance Perdikakis, Gus G. & Jo Ann Perdikakis, Lynn Perdikakis, Maria Peters, Claire Petkos, Joannis & Christina Petropoulos, Kosta & Tina Petrou, Evey Petrou, James & Carrie Phillips, Joshua & Katherine Pilipovich, George & Cynthia Plomaritis, Peter & Elsa Politis, Michael & Carmen Polychroniou, Constantine & Christina Poneris, Constantino & Tara Poneris, Kosta & Christine Ponticos, George D. Ponticos, Koula Prasinos, Jim & Nicki Prasinos, Zoe Priest, Daniel & Christina Psihountakis, Manouso & Anastasia Psihountas, Mary Quill, Kevin & Mary Ramstetter, Robert & Lisa Raptis, James & Maria Raptis, James & Olga Redmon, Fr. William & Presvytera Elizabeth Riber, Sam & Filio Richardson, Josh & Nicole Riemann, Christopher & Blanca Rodish, Peter & Suzanne Romanos, Michael & Carla Rombes, Tom & Angie Rombis, Petros & Sofia Romero, Evangelia & Eric Peck Rose, Marvin & Chrysoula Saba, Youhana Sajkich, Steven Sakellariou, Maria B. Sakelos, Irene Sakelos, James Sakelos, John & Kathleen Sampson, Angeline Sampson, Michael G. & Roxanne Sampson, Tony & Mary Ann Sansalone, Anthony & Angeleke Sarakatsannis, George & Marie Sarakatsannis, Nicholas J. & Vicki Sarakatsannis, Nicholas L. & Carla
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Sarakatsannis, Panny Sarlis, Nikolaos & Vaseleke Sarros, George H. & Alexandra Sarros, Harry J. Sarros, John H Schmalz, Mary Ann Schmidberger, Gary & Elizabeth Schmitz, Thomas & Cathy Schneider, Elizabeth R. Schooley, Barbara Schuler, Bill & Julie Schulte, Nick & Ianthe Schultz, James & Sarah Schutter, Michael & Lynne Semertzides, Manos & Elizabeth Seremetis, Afrodite K. Seremetis, Gregory G. Seremetis, Stratin & Marjory Sherlock, Michael & Chrysanne Siambekos, Steve T. & Laura Sias, Georgios N. & Kathy Sideris, Danny & Amy Sideris, Mina Sideris, Nick & Jane Siegel, August C. Simos, Marianthi Snider, Luke & Dacia Snyder, Milan & Elaine Spanorigas, Nicholas & Becky Spanos, Van & Litsa Sparks, Ryan & Sophia Spirtoff, John & Vicki Stacey, Christine Stamatakos, Anthony Stamatakos, Dino & Diamanto Stanifer, Randy & Eleni
Stathis, Angelos & Aspasia Stathis, Lee & Evie Stavros, Cathy Stefanopoulos, Andrew & Carol Stenger, Doug & Lauren Stephan, Charles M. Stephan, George Stephan, Kara Stephan, Melinda Stephan, Michael Stephan, Nicholas & Alyssa Steppe, Greg & Ellene Stergiopoulos, James & Dilys Stergiopoulos, William M. & Janis Stergiopulos, Anna Storch, Mark & Angela Storgion, James & Terry Strain, Richard & Katherine Strike, Louis Stringas, Emanuel Stroplos, Gus Suhar, Sylvia Sweiss, Riyad Sylvester, Debi Tassopoulos, Michael & Ritsa Thomakos, Artemis Tipis, Constantine & Lisa Tipis, Eleni Trennepohl, Mike & Tina Trester, Ron & Maria Triantafillou, Nicholas Triantafillou, Tilemahos Triantafilou, Alex & Jennifer Triantafilou, George & Eleni Triantafilou, Nicholas P. & Lenna Triantafilou, Peter J.
Triantafilou, Rita Trivett, Michael & Matina Truta, Traian & Alina Campan Tsolometes, James & Maria Valcarcel, John & JoAnne Vardaka, Marianna Varnell, Charles & Krista Vasilakis, Theologos & Mary Vasiliou, Angelo & Maria Vasiliou, Demetrios & Gloria Vessey, Lenie Vidas, Cynthia Vidas, Ethel Vidas, Michael & Sofia Vidas, Olga Vlahakis, Tom & Carol Watson, Douglas & Akrivi Weis, Daniel & Anastasia Weisenborn, Cary & Maria Weitfle, Christopher & Maria Williams, Jacinta Wilson, Beth & Martin Wilson, Wallace & Michelle Witt, Alan J. & Bessie Wright, Duane M. & Stacy Xanthakos, Stavra & Helmut Roehrig Zaferes, Eleni Zaferes, Katherine (Tina) Zaferes, Patricia J. Zaferes, Patricia P. Zaferes, Toula Zagorianos, Kristos & Kathy Zaharopoulos, Antonios & Dimitra Zigoris, Mark & Irene Zolotas, Pete & Papy
PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
A Pilgrimage….Christmas in Bethlehem: Due to circumstances beyond our control, we must postpone this trip. As soon as a new date is selected, we will make an announcement to the community. Thank you for your understanding.
Stephen and Kristen Simmer proudly announce the birth of their first child, a daughter, Sienna Eileen, on May 11, 2015. Proud Papou and Yiayia are parishioners Dennis and Anastasia Herrmann. Proud Grandparents are Tom and Rosi Simmer of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Very proud "Big Yiayia" is Betsy Pascal of our Parish and Great-Grandmother Jean Herrmann of Cincinnati.
Thank you to everyone for the outpouring of love, prayers, cards and words of sympathy during Frank's illness and falling asleep. They have helped to comfort us during this time of sorrow. Karen Cook and family
I am so grateful for all the prayers and well wishes from all of you. It makes me so full of appreciation. Thank you so much. Thelma Jonson
Christina MacAskill, daughter of Stuart MacAskill and Stacy Manolakas, graduated from Mary Institute Country Day St. Louis May 17. Christina has been awarded an academic scholarship to attend Case Western to study biomedical engineer-ing. She has also been awarded academic scholarships from DOP Calypso chapter, Buckeye Scholarship Foundation and the national Daughters of Penelope. Proud grandparents are Alex and Vera Manolakas.
August 2015 For the most updated Calendar, visit www.holytrinity.oh.goarch.org
