Orthodox Observer - April 2002

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Christ is Risen!

Archiepiscopal Easter Encyclical Holy Pascha 2002 To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Day and Afternoon Schools, the Philoptochos Sisterhoods, the Youth, the Hellenic Organizations, and the entire Greek Orthodox Family in America My Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I greet you with the gladsome Paschal salutation Christos Anesti! Christ is Risen!

Today, we celebrate, as the Church chants, the Feast of feasts and the Festival of festivals , in which we glorify Christ as the Risen Lord. This is a true celebration of life and joy. In the event of the Resurrection of Christ we do not have only the overcoming of death, we have the triumph of life, we have the palpable assurance of the final, definitive and absolute victory of the light of life over the darkness of death. We see in the light of the Resurrection, which now fills every place in the heavens, on the earth and under the earth, that it is life, and life imperishable that constitutes our ultimate destiny. It is also our immediate experience, since we already live in the realm of the Resurrection.

In our times we have endured the bitterness and the impasse that human existence faces as a matter of daily life.

Last September, we saw the ugly and dark face of death and destruction. We touched our own fragility, vulnerability and subjugation to the limited character of our own existence.

The Resurrection of our Lord, however, with a sudden, decisive movement signifies the death of death, the end of our subjugation to perishability. This is because it does not speak about a general immortality or of an unlimited continuation of our earthly life, but of a Resurrection that comes precisely after the experience of all of these negative realities by our Lord. Therefore, we can truly rejoice and powerfully celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, which becomes in essence our own Resurrection and our own sharing with Him in life that is triumphant, jubilant and never-ending in the presence and embrace of God who is life.

The Resurrection Brotherhood of Theofilaion Mt. Athos 2002

INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE Archbishop s Encyclical u 1 Archdiocese News u 2-3, 7 Challenge u 29 Classifieds u 28 Clergy Laity u 4-5 Commentary u 22 Diocese News u 30

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Ecum. Patriarchate u 6 Greek section u 13-20 HC/HC Report u 21 Letters u 10 On Philanthropy u 9 Opinions u 10 Orthodoxy Worldwide u26

Parish Profile u 23 People u 23 Reflections u 11 Relating to the Faith u 12 Relegious Education u 24 Sept. 11 Donors u 26-27 Voice of Philoptochos u 25

My Beloved Brothers and Sisters, We have the unique privilege of being the people of the Resurrection, the ones destined to live with Christ and to sit with Him on His throne (Revelation 3:21), the ones able to overcome any difficulties, any pains, any death, any threats, any terror. Let us, therefore, sing with Saint Paul Death is swallowed up in victory! O death where is thy victory? O death where is thy sting? (I Corinthians 15:54-55) Let us, following the beautiful hymn of the Church, be shining and joyful in the Great Festival of the Resurrection . This is our Pascha, our Great Pascha, our sacred Pascha, our joyful Pascha. Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!

With paternal Love in Christ,

DEMETRIOS Archbishop of America

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President Bush Presents Archbishop Demetrios WASHINGTON President George W. Bush welcomed a large delegation of Greek Americans led by Archbishop Demetrios to the Old Executive Office Building March 25 to commemorate Greek Independence Day and issued a proclamation designating A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.

In his opening comments, Archbishop Demetrios said to President Bush: You greatly honored us one year ago with your Presidential proclamation and meeting, exactly for the same celebration. This time, however, our meeting occurs after the horrendous terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the devastating consequences that followed. Under these circumstances which created an unbearable pain in all of us, the freedom the right to independence, human rights, the dignity of human existence, the necessity for peace, the right to happiness and to a creative life, these principles, which directed the struggle for Greek Independence in 1821 and which constitute the heart and essence of our American Democracy, take on a significance of dramatic proportions.

President Bush, in warmly welcoming all those in attendance, responded: I want to honor the heritage of liberty that both the Greeks and the Americans share. There is no better place to do this than in the White House, the symbol of liberty and the symbol of freedom. The spirit of liberty has always had enemies. It is important for us to remember our history, that there are some who can t stand

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HIS EMINENCE with President Bush, just before the ceremony for Greek Independence Day.

liberty and freedom, as we learned so tragically on September 11th. The terrorists who attack us hate the very idea of human freedom. They cannot stand the thought of freedom of religion. It must make them very nervous to know that a Methodist is standing next to His Eminence, in a free society, in a society that welcomes people to worship freely, and as they so choose.

America and Greece are strong allies, and we re strategic partners. Our nation has been inspired by Greek ideals, and

enriched by Greek immigrants. Today about 1 million Americans claim Greek origin. They ve made a mark in every field.

In my administration, John Negroponte heads our United Nations delegation, and he s doing a fine job. And as part of my war council, the National Security Council, sits George Tenet, whose advice and steady hand have been invaluable to our success.

President Bush acknowledged the presence of Tenet, U.S. Ambassador to Spain George Argyros, and other Greek

American members of the administration present including Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Barbara Spyridon Pope, State, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity; John Vonglis, Department of Defense director of personnel and readiness; and Jack Kalavritinos, associate administrator, Office of Management and Budget.

Attending the ceremony were some 100 people, including a Greek government delegation led by Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Yiannis Magriotis; Ambassador of Greece to the United States Alexander Philon; and members of Parliament Grigorios Niotis and Panagiotis Skandalakis.

Representing the Republic of Cyprus was Ambassador to the United States Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis.

Also in attendance were Andrew A. Athens, president of the World Council of Hellenes Abroad; Andrew Banis, supreme president of AHEPA; Andrew Manatos, president of the National Coordinated Effort of Hellenes; Vice Chairman of the Archdiocesan Council Michael Jaharis; police Capt. John V. Kassimatis, commanding officer of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Eugene Rossides, founding chairman of the American Hellenic Institute; Philip Christopher, president of the Pan Cyprian Association of America; Savvas Tsivicos, president of the Cyprus Federation of America; Ambassador Loucas Tsilas, director of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Federation; Sotirios Vahaviolos, 2002 Greek Independence Day Parade chairman (NYC); and former U.S. Ambassador to Greece Michael Sotirhos.

TEXT OF PRESIDENT BUSH S REMARKS AT GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY CEREMONY

Your Eminence, I can t spend enough time with you. (Laughter.) I love your gentle soul, and I love your guidance and your advice. And any time you want to come back, just give me a call. (Laughter.) I m so glad you re here. And I want to thank you all for joining us to celebrate this important day for Greece.

I want to honor the heritage of liberty that both the Greeks and the Americans share. There s no better place to do this than in the White House, the symbol of liberty and the symbol of freedom.

I want to thank the Greek Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs for being here, as well. I appreciate you coming. I want to thank the Ambassador the Greek Ambassador to the United States, and the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States, as well. You all are welcome here. Thank you for coming. It s great to see you again.

I m glad to see Ambassador George Argyros is here, as well. I never thought he d get through the confirmation process.

(Laughter.) But he is my Ambassador to Spain, and is doing a very fine job. I appreciate so much the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, George Tenet, for being here, as well. (Applause.)

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ago, our nation supported the cause of Greek independence. And we have admired the progress Greece has made since.

Yet well before we recognized the independence of modern Greece, the Greek heritage had a great impact on American independence. Many of America s founders knew Greek history better than our own. They drew on Greece s political heritage in framing our Constitution. America s love for liberty has deep roots in the spirit of Greece.

The spirit of liberty has always had enemies. It s important for us to remember our history, that there are some who can t stand liberty and freedom, as we learned so tragically on September the 11th. The terrorists who attack us hate the very idea of human freedom. They cannot stand the thought of freedom of religion. It must make them very nervous to know that a Methodist is standing next to His Eminence (laughter) in a free society, in a society that welcomes people to worship freely, and as they so choose.

They hate freedom of speech. They can t stand the thought of people speaking their minds. They hate our system.

They also thought we were weak and soft. And they re wrong, and they re learning it every day. They learned it in DIRECTOR & MANAGING EDITOR: Stavros H. Papagermanos EDITOR: Jim Golding (Chryssoulis) PRODUCTION MANAGER: Nikos Katsanevakis COLOR CORRECTION: Abel Montoya ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Soula Podaras CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Nicholas Manginas

Afghanistan, where we went into that country not to seek revenge, but to seek justice. And this weekend, little girls went to school for the first time some little girls went to school for the first time in Afghanistan, showing the world that we didn t go into Afghanistan as conquerors, but as liberators.

And they re going to find out how tough we are. Because I want to assure you all that we re going to hunt em down, one by one, until our homeland is secure, until freedom is secure, to make sure our children and our grandchildren can live in a free and peaceful world. (Applause) One ancient Greek statesman put it this way. He said, We are free to live exactly as we please, yet we are ready to face any danger. He might as well have been talking about the United States of America.

Fortunately, we don t face danger alone.

There are other people who love freedom, as well, in this world. Greece and America have been firm allies in the great struggles for liberty. Greece was one of only a handful of countries that fought alongside the United States in every major 20th century war. And Americans will always remember Greek heroism and Greek sacrifice for the sake of freedom.

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and America are once again stand united; this time in the fight against terrorism. Greece is a part of the coalition of nations helping bring justice to those who would harm us, harm the people of Greece, harm anybody who love freedom.

The United States deeply appreciates the role Greece is playing in the war against terror. We thank Greece for access to the military base in Souda Bay, Crete, and for providing a naval frigate for patrolling the Arabian Sea. And just as Greece has stood side by side with the United States, the United States stands ready to encourage the continued warming of Greek and Turkish relations. We welcome the resumption of diplomatic talks on Cyprus, and hope that they will lead to a final settlement that strengthens regional peace and stability.

America and Greece are strong allies, and we re strategic partners. Our nation has been inspired by Greek ideals, and enriched by Greek immigrants. Today about 1 million Americans claim Greek origin. They ve made a mark in every field.

America is better for the 1 million Americans who live here.

In my administration, John Negroponte heads our United Nations delegation, and he s doing a fine job. And as a part of my war council, the National Security Council, sits George Tenet, whose advice and steady hand have been invaluable to our success.

Today we honor Greek independence and the Greek spirit, a spirit of liberty and a spirit of courage, a spirit that values family and education and public service and faith; a spirit that has helped make America what it is today.

It is my honor to welcome you all here. May God bless Greece, and may God continue to bless America. (Applause)

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with Greek Independence Day Proclamation ADDRESS of Archbishop to the President Mr. President, Once again, your generosity of heart and mind offer to us, the Greek Orthodox community of America, your precious proclamation on the memorable occasion of the celebration of Greek Independence Day. This year, the Proclamation takes place on the very day of March 25, the unique and sacred day of the Annunciation. We are particularly thankful for this.

You greatly honored us one year ago with your Presidential proclamation and meeting, exactly for the same celebration.

This time, however, our meeting occurs after the horrendous terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the devastating consequences that followed.

Under these circumstances, which created an unbearable pain in all of us, the freedom, the right to independence, human rights, the dignity of human existence, the necessity for peace, the right to happiness and to a creative life, these principles, which directed the struggle for Greek Independence in 1821 and which constitute the heart and essence of our American Democracy, take on a significance of dramatic proportions.

Issues of our deep concern, such as unresolved, grave problems related to the Balkans, Cyprus and the Middle East, as well as to the all-out effort for the radical elimination of terrorism, are now urgent, necessitating immediate solutions.

We are fully aware of the continuous, methodical and passionate work of you, personally, Mr. President, and that of your esteemed advisors and staff on the issues and concerns mentioned above; and we are truly appreciative and grateful indeed, for the tremendous offering and the substantive progress.

We fervently pray, however, that in our days we will see established and handed to our children something beyond the ephemeral solution of problems and the temporary overcoming of crises. We are faithfully asking the omnipotent and loving God to grant us the gift of a firmly

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PRESIDENT BUSH ADDRESSES a large gathering of prominent Greek-Americans in the auditorium of Old Executive Office Building.

established freedom for all, of a globallyprovided peaceful life for all, and of an undeniably accessible justice for all.

We know that your leadership aims at offering to all the people of the world a freedom from any oppression, from any totalitarianism, from any terrorism. We know that you faithfully and unyieldingly adhere to such a noble and sacred principle of freedom for all, a principle that motivated the Greek Independence fight, a principle that led our great country of America to become the champion, the guardian and the promoter of freedom and democracy.

We gratefully wish you a triumphant success in your noble efforts. Please count on us, Mr. President, in your irreconcilable fight for freedom for all. Thank you.

D. Panagos

PRESIDENT BUSH greets New York Port Authority Police Capt. John Kassimatis, whose brotherin-law was killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. Many other invitees had the oportunity to greet the President and thank him for hosting the event.

Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy, 2002 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the democratic principles and thought that fundamentally shaped the growth of democracy in world history. Societies aspiring toward more democratic forms of government have found inspiration in the Greek tradition of representative government and free political discourse. As modern Greece celebrates the anniversary of its independence, won 181 years ago, Greeks can be proud that its vibrant democracy continues and that it is based upon the beliefs in freedom and self-rule first forged in classical Greece over 2,500 years ago.

These ideals have been embraced by peoples of the world who aspire towards democracy, including the Founders of the United States; and they were tested by the attacks of September 11, 2001. The terrorists sought to destroy a political and economic system that promotes individual freedoms and tolerance, defends national liberty, and supports the full participation of its citizens in the democratic process. The terrorists failed; but rather than destroying us, their attacks strengthen our resolve to stand up to this evil.

Along with the members of our worldwide coalition, including Greece, we are committed to defeating terrorism and protecting liberty.

The friendship between the United States and Greece continues to thrive and is based upon our common cultural bonds and our shared national values. Today, more than 3 million Americans proudly claim Greek heritage, representing a continuing link between our countries. From the arts and education to industry and science, Greek Americans have made significant contributions to the cultural, civic, and economic vitality of our land.

As we celebrate Greek independence, we remember the history of those who sacrificed their lives to preserve freedom and democracy. We value our friendship and continuing partnership with the government and people of Greece, and we commit to work together to provide greater opportunity and more freedoms for the citizens of the world. And we join the world in anticipating the momentous 2004 Summer Olympic Games, which will be held in Athens, the birthplace of Olympic competition.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 25, 2002, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy. I encourage all Americans to take special note of Greece s rich history of democracy, the strong bonds of friendship and culture between our countries, and the important role that Greek Americans play in our Nation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.

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LOS ANGELES Preparations are under way for the 36th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress . It will be the first congress held in the Diocese of San Francisco since 1982, when it took place in San Francisco.

Congress Preparations ‘on Target’

byJim Golding

It is also the second time the congress will take place in Los Angeles. It was first held here in 1952.

Congress officials report that plans are progressing smoothly and they invite attendees to make their reservations as soon as possible.

Headquarters hotel will be the Westin Bonaventure, near the heart of Downtown.

Congress host Metropolitan Anthony, the presiding hierarch of the Diocese of San Francisco, has been meeting on a regular basis with Chairman Peter Preovolos of San Diego, and co-Chairmen Fanis Economides of San Francisco and Eleni Huszagh of Nehalem, Oregon, Assisting them are hundreds of Greek Orthodox faithful from throughout the diocese who are giving of their time, talents and resources to ensure its success.

We re right on target, said Metropolitan Anthony. We meet quite often with the executive committee and we re planning some very exciting programs.

Mr. Preovolos told the Observer that the congress would have an emphasis education and other programs, based on results of a survey mailed to parishes several months ago. The committee received 130 responses.

That response truly has contributed to develop a program where there s education, lectures, and workshops to fulfill wishes of the attendees, he said.

There also will be traditional fellow-

ship activities and worship services, including daily liturgies and the evening compline service from 10:30 p.m., which has been reintroduced to the congress.

In addition to the exhibit hall that has been a standard feature at past congresses, participants will be able to visit a temporary museum at the hotel that highlights the history of the Church and of Greek Americans in the United States.

Mr. Preovolos said the museum program would address the need for parishes to become sensitive to developing a historical program within their community.

We re sensitive to fact we re beginning to lose some of our historical roots. A lecture program will inform attendees on preserving information in their parishes.

Congress Tentative Schedule Sunday - June 30

8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Orthros 9:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Hierarchical Divine Liturgy 2:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Organizational Meetings and Receptions 4:30 p.m.-Exhibit Hall Opening 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Welcome Fest St. Sophia Cathedral

Monday - July 1

7:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (Spanish) 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Opening Ceremonies and Keynote Address 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Educational Sessions 11:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. National Philoptochos Meeting 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Committee/Organization Meetings 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Educational Sessions 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. National Philoptochos Reception and Dinner 10:30 p.m. Compline Service

Tuesday - July 2

7:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (English) 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Committee/Organization Meetings 10:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. National Philoptochos Meeting 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Educational Sessions 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Committee/Organization Meetings 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. National Philoptochos Meetings 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Educational Sessions 8:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Cultural Event Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 10:30 p.m. Compline Service

Wednesday - July 3

7:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (Albanian) 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Committee/Organization Meetings 9:00 a.m. Noon National Philoptochos General Session 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. First Plenary Session.

1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. National Philoptochos General Session 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Second Plenary Session.

6:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m. Organization Receptions/Meetings 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Clergy Family Forum 10:30 p.m. Compline Service

Thursday - July 4

9:00 a.m. Noon Third Plenary Session 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Ecumenical Doxology St. Sophia Cathedral 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Grand Banquet Reception 7:30 p.m. Grand Banquet

Friday - July 5

8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Clergy Breakfast with Archbishop Demetrios

Some of the fellowship opportunities will include a Greek fellowship festival the evening of Sunday, July 1. It will feature traditional Greek food and dancing on the grounds of St. Sophia Cathedral, about 1½ miles from the hotel.

On Tuesday night, a celebration of Greek American heritage in song and dance will take place at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, about six blocks from the hotel.

In a major program change, the traditional Philoptochos luncheon will instead become a tribute dinner honoring the outgoing president, Eve Condakes, and the work and activities of the Philoptochos organization.

The business of the congress, including workshops and committee meetings, will take place daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Plenary sessions will take place Wednesday and Thursday, concluding at noon on July 4. An ecumenical doxology will take place at 2 p.m. at St. Sophia Cathedral.

The banquet will take place that evening.

We are really committed in carrying out the theme the Archbishop has set for this congress, Mr. Preovolos said. We re very excited with the program. It should have a very different look and feel. I am so excited about how this is developing.

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Unlike past years, when the album served as the major fund-raiser for underwriting costs, the chairman said this year a sponsorship program has been developed for each component of the congress the social events, liturgies, and other services and activities.

We hope this concept will catch on so in the future it can virtually underwrite a congress through donations so the cost can become affordable even to small parishes, so that no Orthodox community would be deprived of sending a delegation, he said.

Any left over money would be placed in a special fund for future congresses.

Among the innovations this year will be a Divine Liturgy entirely in Spanish, one in English and another in Albanian.

Fr. John Bakas, dean of St. Sophia Cathedral and the Congress public relations chairman, said the daily liturgies give the Church an opportunity to reach out to contemporary society.

If we re going to reach out to contemporary America, we re going to have to take into account these opportunities, he said. He said the Spanish liturgy could be used to give people a sense of how language can be used to the glory of God. As for the all-Albanian liturgy on Wednesday, Fr. Bakas said it would give the opportunity to recognize the Church is doing tremendous work in Albania, with Archbishop Anastasios giving people a taste that our Orthodox Church is universal.

The opening Sunday Liturgy will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center, about a half-mile from the hotel.

Shuttle buses will provide transportation.

Other daily liturgies will take place at the Bonaventure.

St. Sophia Cathedral has taken the lead in reaching out to the large Hispanic population in its neighborhood, the ByzantineLatino Quarter, a development zone designated by the state Senate in a 65-sqare block area around the cathedral, which St. Sophia parish helped initiate to highlight the Byzantine tradition and cooperation with Latinos, Fr. Bakas explained.

We have to acknowledge the reality of a changing America, we can no longer be an isolated Church, we have to look outward.

Fr. Bakas said he hopes parishes that have not been represented at past congresses will attend the Los Angeles event.

Extensive Educational Program Offered at Clergy-Laity Congress The educational program of the Clergy-Laity Congress will offer participants an extensive schedule of sessions that will focus on presenting guidance and resources for Offering Our Orthodox Faith to Contemporary America.

With a strong emphasis on education and the development and enhancement of ministry as critical both in offering a true witness of our faith and in addressing the tremendous challenges and opportunities of our contemporary world, the program will include more than 40 sessions to equip the faithful for the continued work and growth of ministry in the parishes.

Departments and organizations of the Archdiocese will present specific topics relating to the Congress theme.

The Departments of Religious Education, Youth and Young Adults, Philanthropy, Family and Interfaith Marriage, Greek Education, Communications, Internet Ministries, and the Ecumenical Office will integrate the theme with the scope and mission of their particular ministries.

The National Forum of Church Musicians and the Orthodox Chaplains also will

offer sessions.

Further sessions will address the topics of stewardship, home missions, ministry in the small parish, senior adult ministry, art and architecture, environmental issues, preaching, and church libraries and book fairs.

Most of the educational sessions will take place July 1-2 in two-hour blocks, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and 4 p.m.-6 p.m.

This schedule has been adopted to prevent significant conflicts with organizational and committee meetings, thus allowing congress participants to participate extensively in the program.

The one-hour-long sessions will offer time for discussion and attention to resources and models for ministry.

Some sessions will consist of panel presentations/discussions. In addition, plans are being made to audio tape all of the educational sessions, with tapes being made for purchase and/or offered digitally through the Archdiocese website.

A full listing of all educational sessions will appear in the next issue of the Observer, including topics, presenters, and a brief description of each seminar.

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OFFERING OUR ORTHODOX FAITH TO CONTEMPORARY AMERICA ‘Offering’ as Orthodox Christians

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his summer we gather as the people of God in Los Angeles on June 30 July 5 to consider the theme Offering our Orthodox Faith to Contemporary America.

byArchbishop Demetrios

In the weeks leading up to our Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress, it is fitting for us to meditate on the meaning of this momentous topic in all its facets. In this article, the second in a series of four on the theme of this year s Congress, we shall look at the notion of offering from an Orthodox Christian perspective.

The word offering often evokes images of things that we give to the church: a stewardship check, a loaf of prosphoron, a garland of flowers to adorn an icon. In a spiritual context, however, the notion of offering should lead us to consider, not a thing, but a process, or better yet, a way of life, a mode of existence. Offering names our continuous relationship to God in the Christian life, an ongoing liturgy of dialogue between God and His people. God gives to us, and we in turn give again to God. Ta Sa ek ton Son, Soi prospheromen.

Thine Own of Thine Own, we offer to Thee.

These words come from a prayer of King David (1 Chronicles 29:14); we recite them in the Divine Liturgy just before the moment of consecration. They are more than just a prayer, though. They are a manifesto of faith. In these few words are captured the essence of our walk with God, for thereby we confess that all things come from God, belong to God, and depend on God alone. With these words we proclaim the reality of grace, that God bestows upon us His goodness unearned.

What can we give to God that is not first His gift to us? All of our time, talent, and treasure every minute of the day, every dollar in our pocket, every skill or expertise that we can offer these things are His gifts to us, free gifts of grace, given from the hand of God, as a father freely gives to all his children, out of deep and unconditional love.

Ta Sa ek ton Son, Soi prospheromen.

God offers us food, and from this we offer back to His Church loaves of bread and bottles of wine. He in return offers these Gifts back to us as the Body and Blood of His Son; we receive these Gifts and offer them back to God in the form of our own bodies as living sacrifices (Romans 12:1) to do His will in the world.

Offering is in essence an act of giving to God that becomes for us an opportunity to receive even more from Him, to receive grace upon grace (cf. John 1:16).

We have a beautiful illustration of this in the story of the woman who came to anoint Christ with precious ointment (Luke 7:36-50) an event that we commemorate on the evening of Holy Tuesday every year, when we chant the Hymn of Kassiane.

This woman had been transformed inwardly through her encounter with Jesus Christ. In place of the malodor of sin, He had imparted to her through repentance the osmin evodias pnevmatikis, the sweet odor of a spiritual fragrance (cf. 2 Cor. 2:14-15, Eph. 5:2).

In thanks for that which He had given to her, she wanted to offer something in return, a gift that would inspire awe in those at the table where Jesus sat and in succeeding generations down to the present.

Thus, she brought to the Lord the lavish offering. But when all was said and done, it was the woman herself who left the house with her own head anointed, with own her hair bearing the beautiful fragrance of the precious ointment! And the story tells us moreover that the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment (cf. John 12:3).

And so it is for us when we enter into the Christian life of offering: everything we give to God is at the same time a gift back to us from Him, one that enhances not only our own lives, but also the lives of those around us.

Do we offer Him our abstinence and fasting? This is but His gift to us of cleansing and purification of body and soul. Do we offer Him our spiritual service in the liturgical worship of the Church? This is but His gift to us, to raise our minds and hearts unto heaven, to bless our bodies with His grace, to strengthen our souls with His love. Do we offer Him our faithfulness in times of trial? This is but His gift to us, to perfect us and to draw us near to Himself. (cf. James 1:2f.) Do we offer Him

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our patience in affliction? This is but His gift to us, to strengthen us in virtue and in love and compassion for our fellow man.

And how much more is this true in regard to the act of offering our Orthodox Faith to contemporary America! In sharing our faith with others, we receive innumerable blessings in return: strengthening of our faith, the assurance of our hope, growth in love, the fellowship of new brothers and sisters in the Lord, and a crown of rejoicing on the last day (cf. 1 Thess. 2:19).

But we receive more even than all this.

St. John the Forerunner and Baptist said, No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven. (John 3:27).

What is it that we have received from heaven and would offer in turn back to God by way of sharing our Orthodox Christian Faith? It is nothing less than Christ Himself. Offering our faith is not simply communicating our dogmas or expounding our beliefs or displaying our liturgical riches. It is fundamentally an act of bringing the divine-human person of Jesus Christ to others as He has been brought to us. This we accomplish through the giving of ourselves to God on behalf of the world.

This is the inner meaning of the chosen Scripture verse for our Clergy-Laity Congress is John 20:21, Jesus said to them, Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you. We are sent to continue the mission of Christ, to

radiate His winning love, to convey His peace, to sow the seed of His Word, to work His deeds of compassion, to fill up the measure of His afflictions (Col. 1:24), to become flesh of His flesh and bone of His bones (cf. Eph. 5:30) to all in our contemporary world.

The more we engage in this act of offering, the more we receive for ourselves the gift of Christlikeness, the grace of theosis. Striving to spread the knowledge of Him everywhere, we ourselves come more and more to know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, with the hope of participating likewise in His glorious Resurrection (cf. Phil. 3:10-11).

In the Divine Liturgy during the singing of the Cherubic Hymn, the priest recites before the Holy Table a prayer in which he acclaims Christ as o prospheron kai prospheromenos kai prosdechomenos kai diadidomenos, the One who both offers and is being offered, the One who both receives and is distributed. This is precisely the Orthodox Christian understanding of offering, and the calling that lies before us to explore in our upcoming Clergy-Laity Congress.

May God grant us through the work of this congress more and more to become offerers who are offered, recipients who are distributed, and so to be conformed to the image of His Son (Romans 8:29) in all things, to the praise of the glories of His grace.

To be continued.

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ECUMENICAL

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APPEAL TO END UNREST IN MIDDLE EAST

CONSTANTINOPLE Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has appealed to world leaders with special attention to the visit to the Middle East of United States Secretary of State Colin Powell, to intervene to exhaust all possible means to bring an immediate end to the unrest and to bring back peace to the region and its peoples.

In a series of letters, His All Holiness addressed President George W. Bush, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, European Commission President Romano Prodi, as well as the American Secretary of State, expressing his deep concern in a heartfelt appeal to intervene and stop what he termed senseless killing that is occurring among peoples of different faiths who live together in the same region.

Secretary of State Powell ended his visit to the region today without a ceasefire in effect and the continued confrontation of the warring parties in the West Bank. However, he announced an international commitment to negotiations and a comprehensive settlement of the dispute between Israel and the Palestinians.

The Ecumenical Patriarch, who has worked actively to convene leaders of the major religious faiths to promote cooperation and specific acts to defuse conflict, characterized each of the leaders as an ardent promoter of interfaith dia-

logue and mutual understanding among world religions.

In his appeals to President Bush and Secretary of State Powell, His All Holiness, in a reference to September 11, said that the United States better than any other nation, because of the tragic consequences of the distortion of understanding among differing faiths, would realize the urgency of immediate intervention.

Throughout the letters, the spiritual leader of the world s 300 million Orthodox Christians, referred to the Holy Land and said he prayed that enlightened leadership would bring an end to the conflict in order to make God s desire for good will and mutual understanding between individuals, nations and faiths prevail in this land, which is central and holy to millions of God-fearing people throughout the world.

His All Holiness is in daily touch with Patriarch Ireneos of Jerusalem, who leads a large community of Orthodox Christians and administers the vast majority of sites holy to all Christians.

In addition, His All Holiness has designated the director of the Orthodox Liaison Office to the European Union, Bishop Emmanuel of Reghion, as his representative for interfaith cooperation and has dispatched him to Jordan, Egypt and Iran, amongst other nations in the Middle East, where the Ecumenical Patriarchate has established good relations.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew TO RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD OSLO, Norway The Sophie Prize, one of the world s most prestigious environment and development prizes, will be awarded this year to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome and spiritual leader of the world s Orthodox Christians, who is credited with pioneering efforts in raising environmental awareness and linking faith to the environment.

Speaking on behalf of the jury and board of Norway s Sophie Foundation, Chairman Elin Enge said of the Ecumenical Patriarch, His leadership has managed to raise the environmental awareness of 300 million members of Orthodox Churches and challenged religious leaders of all faiths to do the same.

Known as the Green Patriarch, His All Holiness was cited for his spiritual and practical ecumenical leadership in the protection and healing of the Earth.

Upon learning of the news of the award, Archbishop Demetrios said: This is indeed a well deserved recognition of our Ecumenical Patriarch who is an inspiring and truly pioneer leader in the protection of our environment. He has worked tirelessly, passionately and methodically over the years in order to sensitize people all over the world and raise their awareness and consciousness of the preciousness and sacredness of the physical world in which we live. The decision of the Sophie Foundation to honor our Patriarch fills all of us with deep joy and makes us truly proud in the Lord.

The Sophie Prize, which is valued at $100,000, is international and awarded annually to individuals or an organization that has created awareness to alternatives to modern-day development or has initiated such alternatives in a pioneering or inventive manner.

The Prize was established in 1997

by the Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder and his wife, Siri Dannevig.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has challenged many aspects of the economic globalization of our day, which widens the gap between rich and poor and leads to excessive consumption.

Amongst religious leaders, he has taken initiatives in addressing the environmental crisis and has provided a theological framework in which to address environmental concerns.

He has said, To commit a crime against the natural world is a sin . He has linked his concerns for the environment to issues of justice, human rights and peace.

Through his involvement with the crisis of September 11, 2001, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, whose throne is in Istanbul, Turkey, has brought together leaders of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to condemn terrorism and conflicts waged in the name of religion, met with United States President W. George Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell and urgently appealed to world leaders to intervene in the Middle East situation.

He set the tone of his ministry as early as 1991 when he was enthroned by urging all Orthodox Churches to continue the observance on Sept. 1 of each year as a special day of prayer for the environment, which he helped inaugurate under his predecessor, Patriarch Dimitrios, in 1989.

In accepting the award, he said, Our responsibility for whatever happens around us is an unavoidable given.

We not only destroy the beauty of created nature, but we also kill our fellow human beings.

The Sophie Prize will be awarded to His All Holiness in ceremonies in Oslo, on June 12.

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Holy Myrrh to be Consecrated During Holy Week Services at Ecum. Patriarchate In addition to this year s Holy Week observances marked by Orthodox Christians throughout the world, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will lead in the preparation and consecration of Holy Myrrh, an event that occurs approximately once each decade.

In the service and act of preparing the Holy Myrrh, the sacred oil used in the Sacrament of Holy Chrismation and in the consecration of churches, the Patriarch will be joined at the Phanar in Constantinople by a large number of hierarchs from several of the autocephalous Churches and from the Churches of the Patriarchate.

Archbishop Demetrios and Hierarchs of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese will participate in this unique occasion that is both an affirmation of unity and a witness to the power and presence of the Holy Spirit, as the Holy Myrrh will be distributed for use in parishes all over the world.

In preparation for this event and for the large quantity of Holy Myrrh that must be prepared, Archbishop Demetrios issued an encyclical asking for the faithful of America to assist through a special offering that was taken on April 14.

He stated: This is a contribution to a most-holy ceremony which will offer to the Churches the very grace, sanctification, renewal, and regeneration that the Holy

Spirit grants to those who enter the Church through Baptism and Chrismation and for all who enter our holy edifices.

The use of Holy Myrrh or Chrism in the Sacraments and services of the Church is related to the use of myrrh for anointing as recorded in Holy Scripture (Exodus 30:22-31; Mark 14:1-9; John 12:1-8).

Following the Sacrament of Baptism, the priest anoints the newly baptized with Holy Myrrh in the sign of the Cross saying: The seal of the gift of the Holy Spirit. At this unique, solemn moment, the Holy Spirit descends upon the newly baptized Christian.

Another primary use of Holy Myrrh is in the consecration of new churches. Following the prayer of consecration, the Holy Altar is washed (baptism) and then anointed with the sacred Myrrh (chrismation). The Myrrh is then used to consecrate Antimensia, the cloths used on the Holy Altars of the churches during the Divine Liturgy, and to anoint the icons and walls of the new church.

Holy Myrrh is prepared from oil and different sweet-smelling fragrances that represent the different gifts the Holy Spirit bestows upon the anointed Christian. The process begins on Palm Sunday and concludes with the actual consecration service during the Liturgy of St. Basil on Holy Thursday morning.

AN APPEAL TO REOPEN HALKI Patriarch Bartholomew has sounded the call to reopen the preeminent Halki Theological School of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, closed by the Turkish government in 1971.

by Rev. Dr. George Papademetriou

The Patriarchate faces an extreme problem because the seminary trained priests who served in the church in Turkey, Greece, Africa, America, Europe, the Middle East and other parts of the world.

The theological school is located on a hill called Hope on the island of Halki, about an hour s ferry ride from Istanbul.

On this hill is the Holy Trinity monastery that existed since the Byzantine period. Patriarchs such as Photios I the Great, Metrophanes III and Germanos IV supported the rebuilding of the monastery after it was burned and deserted in 1821.

Patriarch Germanos IV visited the monastery ruins in 1842 and decided to rebuild it. He received approval from the Turkish authorities to rebuild the structures on the grounds and on Oct. 1, 1844, in a special ceremony and blessing by Metropolitan of Caesaria Paisios, the Theological School of Halki opened and classes began to function on Oct. 8.

The theological school was created to serve the immediate needs of the Church of Constantinople and the Orthodox Churches throughout the world.

This act of establishing Halki Theological School represented a renaissance of theological education and promoted the higher education of the clergy and a more systematic cultivation of the theological science. The seminary was under the immediate supervision and care of the Ecumenical Patriarch.

Numerous hierarchs and Orthodox leaders graduated from this school. Its rectors made significant contributions to the development of theology and the ecumenical movement.

One rector, Germanos Sternopoulos

(1907-1922), was instrumental in writing the famous encyclical issues by the Ecumenical Patriarchs in 1920 calling all Christian Churches to establish a League of Churches (Koinonia ton ekklesion). He served as the Orthodox archbishop in Great Britain and played a key role in the creation of the World Council of Churches in 1948.

The school was a center for Orthodox theology and prominent international theologians and scholars often visited the school.

The literacy that had its beginning in Byzantium still remains a rich collection of theological resources. The school functioned in accordance to the great theological schools of the East, such as Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, and others. Students came to study from Europe, Africa, Middle East and elsewhere.

A recent statement by the human rights group, Helsinki Watch, states: Until its abolition, hundreds of priests had been trained at Halki Academy for religious service in Turkey, Greece, Africa, America, and other parts of the world. The closing of the Halki Academy is a particularly serious matter for the Greek Orthodox, since Turkish law requires that the Patriarch as well as all other clergy must be a citizen of Turkey. At present, candidates for the priesthood must be trained oversees, and many do not return to Turkey. As a result, there are fewer and fewer clergy who could be eligible to serve in the future as the Patriarch. (Denying Human Rights And Ethnic Identity: The Greeks of Turkey in Helsinki Watch Report. New York, 1992, p.19.).

All people everywhere must be free to exercise the right to its religious freedom. Turkey claims to be a modern secular democracy and, therefore, must allow all religions to function freely within its confines. It is the right of every human being to worship God without coercion or restriction.

Fr. Papademetriou is associate professor at Holy Cross Greek School of Theology

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Archdiocese Department of Finance Q&A In an effort to continue the Archdiocese full disclosure and proactive approach to reporting financial activity, the Department of Finance has initiated this regular feature to answer financial and accounting questions from its faithful. Below are some recently asked questions at an Archdiocese meeting:

by John Barbagallo, CPA Archdiocese Director of Finance

Q What are the major sources of revenue received by the Archdiocese on an annual basis?

A Generally, the Archdiocese receives over 90 percent of its annual revenue from its Parishes in the form of what is called Total Commitment. Total Commitment is a program whereby each Diocesan hierarch assigns a financial obligation to a Parish within his Diocese. Parishes are then asked to send the annual obligation to the Archdiocese pro-rata on a monthly basis. Once the Archdiocese receives the money, a monthly determination is made to ascertain how much was received from Parishes in each Diocese.

The Department of Finance then determines the amount of monthly expenses paid by the Archdiocese on behalf of each Diocese. After determining monthly revenue and expenses per Diocese, 25 percent of the difference is then forwarded to your Diocese.

Q How does my Diocese receive this money?

A Once the above calculations are made, a monthly check is sent directly to the Diocese.

Q Is it true some Dioceses are not receiving monthly checks?

A Yes. Certain Diocese monthly expenses exceed 25 percent of revenue received from Parishes within that Diocese.

Q So, is it safe to say that 25 cents for every dollar I give to my parish goes to my Diocese?

A Not really. For each dollar your parish sends to the Archdiocese, 25 cents is used to pay Diocese expenses.

Q Where does the rest of my parish s Total Commitment obligation go?

A Here is a breakdown of where the rest of Total Commitment money goes (cents per dollar): Hellenic College/Holy Cross, 10 cents Youth Ministry, 4 cents Greek Culture and Religious Education, 2¢ Ecumenical Patriarchate and Orthodoxy in the World, 6¢ Information Technologies, 4¢ Internet Ministries and Communication, 3 ¢ Orthodox Observer, 4 ¢ Legal Fees and Settlements, 5 ¢ Liability insurance and related expenses, 7 ¢ Community Service and Clergy Assistance, 4 ¢ Archdiocese Operational and Administrative expenses 26 ¢ The Department of Finance welcomes your questions. Please submit all questions by mail: 8 East 79 Steet, New York, NY 10021 attn: John Barbagallo, CPA or by email: finance@goarch.org

Sept. 11 Fund Committee Approves Distribution Plan Under the leadership of Archbishop Demetrios, the committee members of the Archdiocesan September 11th Relief Fund recently met to review a plan for the distribution of the monies collected by the Archdiocese and the Dioceses for those tragically affected by the events of Sept. 11.

To date, more than $2.15 million has been raised with most of that amount restricted to assisting the children of those lost in the attacks.

The committee agreed to an initial distribution of the Fund to children of Greek Orthodox victims based on a graduated scale, taking into consideration the age of each child.

It was decided to present grants of at least $100,000 to the various funds that assist the children of firemen, policemen, emergency response personnel and Port Authority police who fell in the line of duty. Additional grants to other funds will be considered as other donations and uncollected pledges become available.

As per an earlier decision of the Committee, no administrative costs will be deducted from the Fund and all monies would be distributed to those for whom the Relief Fund was established.

Since some contributions were presented to His Eminence to be distributed at his discretion, it was decided that those monies could be awarded to the needy elderly parents of those lost and to those individuals who may be experiencing se-

vere hardships as a result of lost income and other dire circumstances as a result of the tragedy.

Within the World Trade Center and the surrounding area, there were a number of businesses owned by Greek Americans who have either lost their source of livelihood or who have been dramatically impacted economically because of the destruction of the towers.

As an expression of concern and love, a $5,000 grant was sent in December 2001 to each of the Greek Orthodox families, as well as to a number of Russian Orthodox families who had lost loved ones in the World Trade Center.

On Sunday, Dec. 30, 2001, the families were invited to a special Divine Liturgy and Memorial Service celebrated by the Archbishop in the Archdiocesan Chapel of St. Paul. Following services, His Eminence hosted a private luncheon at the Archdiocese for those in attendance.

Members of the Committee include Archbishop Demetrios, Bishop Savas (Chancellor), Bishop Andonios who as director of the Department of Philanthropy is directly overseeing the Fund, Rev. Alex Karloutsos (director of Leadership 100), Michael Jaharis (vice-chair of the Archdiocesan Council), Emanuel Demos (legal counsel of the Archdiocese), Peter Dion (treasurer) and Jerry Dimitriou (executive director of administration).

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Why is Pascha So Late This Year?

The long-awaited common celebration of Pascha on April 15, 2001 by all Christians has come and gone. It was in 1990 when this coincidence last occurred and will be in 2004 when it occurs again.

by Dr. Lewis J. Patsavos

In anticipation of this common observance by all Christians, much was said and written. What was stressed was the need to keep alive the momentum of the occasion. Unless we all understand the significance of this event, it will remain nothing more than a peculiarity of the calculations related to the date of Pascha.

In one sense, that is what it is. But in another sense, it is the convergence of all that we as Christians in the East and West profess regarding the centrality of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ as the cornerstone of our faith.

Nothing challenges the credibility of this fact to non-believers more than the scandal of our division on this point of celebration. In the ardent desire to address this problematic and troubling reality, the following contribution is offered to this year s Archdiocese Yearbook.

Almost from the very beginning of the existence of the Christian Church, the issue regarding the date of our Lord s death and resurrection presented variations. Although the New Testament relates these events to the Jewish Passover, the details of this relationship are not clear.

On the one hand, the tradition of the synoptic gospels identifies the Lord s last supper with His disciples as a Passover meal. This would place the death of our

Lord on the day after Passover. On the other hand, the tradition of the Gospel of St. John situates the death of our Lord at the very hour the paschal lambs were sacrificed on the day of Passover itself.

This variation in the interpretation of the scriptures led to two different practices. The one observed Pascha on the day of Passover, regardless of the day of the week. The other observed it on the Sunday following Passover. By the 4th century, the latter practice prevailed throughout the Church universally; nevertheless, differences continued to exist.

In response to this ongoing problem, the First Ecumenical Council convened at Nicaea in 325 took up the issue. It determined that Pascha should be celebrated on the Sunday that follows the first full moon after the vernal equinox - the actual beginning of spring. If the full moon happens to fall on a Sunday, Pascha is observed the following Sunday. The day taken to be the invariable date of the vernal equinox is March 21. Hence, the determination of the date of Pascha is governed by a process dependent on the vernal equinox and the phase of the moon.

Another factor that figures prominently in determining the date of Pascha is the date of Passover. Originally, Passover was celebrated on the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Christians, therefore, celebrated Pascha according to the same calculation - that is, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox.

The correlation between the date of Pascha and the date of Passover is clear.

Our Lord s death and resurrection coin-

cided with the Passover, thereby assuring a secure point of reference in time. This assurance lasted, however, only for a short time. Events in Jewish history contributing to the dispersion of the Jews had as a consequence a departure from the way Passover was reckoned at the time of our Lord s death and resurrection. This caused the Passover to precede the vernal equinox in some years. It was, in fact, this anomaly that led to the condemnation reflected in canon 1 of Antioch (ca. 330) and canon 7 of the Holy Apostles (late 4th cent.) of those who celebrate Pascha with the Jews. The purpose of this condemnation was to prevent Christians from taking into account the calculation of Passover in determining the date of Pascha.

Most Christians eventually ceased to regulate the observance of Pascha by the Jewish Passover. Their purpose, of course, was to preserve the original practice of celebrating Pascha following the vernal equinox. Thus, the Council of Nicaea sought to link the principles for determining the date of Pascha to the norms for calculating Passover during our Lord s lifetime.

Technical differences

Despite the intervention of Nicaea, certain differences in the technicalities of regulating the date of Pascha remained even thereafter. This resulted occasionally in local variations until, by the 6th century, a more secure mode of calculation based on astronomical data was universally accepted. This was an alternative to calculating Pascha by the Passover and consisted in the creation of so-called paschal cycles.

Each paschal cycle corresponded to a certain number of years. Depending upon the number of years in the cycle, the full moon occurred on the same day of the year as at the beginning of the cycle with some exceptions. The more accurate the cycle, the less frequent were the exceptions.

In the East, a 19-year cycle was even-

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tually adopted, whereas in the West an 84year cycle. The use of two different paschal cycles inevitably gave way to differences between the Eastern and Western Churches regarding the observance of Pascha.

A further cause for these differences was the adoption by the Western Church of the Gregorian calendar in the 16th century. This took place in order to adjust the discrepancy by then observed between the paschal cycle approach to calculating Pascha and the available astronomical data. The Orthodox Church continues to base its calculations for the date of Pascha on the Julian calendar in use at the time of the First Ecumenical Council.

As such, it does not take into account the number of days that have since then accrued due to the progressive loss of time in this calendar. Practically speaking, this means that Pascha may not be celebrated before April 3, which was March 21 - the date of the vernal equinox, at the time of the First Ecumenical Council.

A difference of 13 days exists between the accepted date for the vernal equinox then and now. Consequently, it is the combination of these variables that accounts for the different dates of Pascha observed by the Orthodox Church and other Christian Churches.

It is the day of Resurrection; Let us then make ourselves resplendent for the festival and ebmrace one another, Let us say, brethren, even to those who do not love us: Let all be forgiven in the Resurrection, and so exclaim: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling death by death, and bestowing life on those in the graves.

Christos Anesti to all,

The Gift that Keeps on Giving

This year s date

Specifically with regard to this year s date of Pascha, the following observations are made. The invariable date of the vernal equinox is taken to be April 3 (March 21 on the Julian Calendar). Pascha must therefore be observed on the Sunday following the full moon that comes after that date. According to the 19-year paschal cycle, the first full moon that comes after April 3 this year is on May 1 (April 18 on the Julian Calendar) - the day assigned to the Jewish Passover as calculated originally.

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On Philanthropy ALPHA OMEGA Council to Present Archbishop Lifetime Achievement Award INCLUSIVE MINISTRY AND ACCESSIBILITY A Teenager Speaks Editor s note: The Archdiocese Department of Philanthropy, headed by Bishop Andonios of Phasiane, will be providing the Orthodox Observer with regular articles relating to the various aspects of Orthodox Christian philanthropy. This is the first article.

ings and did not discriminate. However, what I saw first hand didn t always match the doctrine.

This experience has left me with many questions. Why do people go to church if they don t follow the teachings of the Bible?

Isn t it hypocritical to send your children to Sunday school but to not apply religious I am Elena Anadolis, a 15-year-old values on your own? Does tradition or igGreek American. Please join me as we norance drive people s actions? Why isn t walk together through an average Sunday the church more accommodating and acmorning. cessible to individuals with physical disThe alarm tings. 8:30 a.m., I drag my- abilities/limitations? self out of bed. It s Sunday morning and Allow me to tell you a few words about church begins at 10:30 a.m. It takes me my family. I have a brother named Stathi, over an hour to get ready. Though for a who is 21 years old. I also have a twin sisyoung woman, one hour ter named Elizabeth. isn t exactly very long.

Due to complications at There can be no birth we both have CereOnce I am dressed, my mother drives me to Orthodox ethos without bral Palsy. our local Greek OrthoMy sister is wheeldox church. It would be philanthropy. Orthodoxy chair-bound and attends fine to drop me off in and philanthropy deals a specialized education front. But our church program. I myself attend has a huge heavy door, with recognizing the hu- general education a door for which I am man being and loving the classes within the New unable to open on my public schools. human being as the image YorkAtCity own. this point ElizaMy mother has to and likeness of God. beth is unable to enter double park, open the many Greek Orthodox door of the entrance and churches. This saddens once I am in, she must then find a park- me greatly for I would like the five of us to ing spot. Once inside I am able to ambu- attend church as a family. late to a seat. Just to inform you, I walk Within the Greek community, I feel we with the help of two canes. It is my limita- need increased awareness and sensitivity tion, not my disability. to the special needs of people with disabiliMy heard begins to ache, not for my ties. When people with and without disphysical limitation, but for the emotional abilities attend school together and work limitations of many parishioners. People side-by-side, the whole of society is enpush their way through the church doors, riched and enlightened. to get a good seat, and literally push me All individuals can then be embraced out of the way. If I wouldn t have my and accepted equally. The way that we are mother to hold on to, I would fall to the taught Christ embraced and accepted evground. eryone without discrimination.

When I walk inside church, I see The clergy should make a point to women staring at me, making the sign of teach such tolerance and acceptance to the cross, and spitting on their clothing people s various needs, whether physical, (to ward off evil spirits and sickness.) emotional or psychological. It is a basic If in fact they think of me as a dis- Christian teaching, and a basic human ease, is this the message they want to com- right. municate to their children? How do parFor example, Greek Orthodox ents expect children to be kind to me if churches should install lifts and/or ramps the adults themselves don t set a proper (as needed) so that all people with difficulexample? Kindness and acceptance ought ties can enter their church to pray. My dream to guide us, particularly in the House of is to see every effort made to ensure perGod. Instead of shaking their heads, they sons with special needs feel welcome. should offer me a seat.

At age 11, I began Sunday school. My Elena Anadolis visited The Boggs Cenparents and teachers taught me that ter booth at the Abilities Expo in Edison, church is the House of the Lord where all N.J., in April and, after telling some of her people are welcome. I learned that Jesus story, accepted an invitation to write it for Christ opened his heart to all human be- the Observer. She is from New York City.

WHY IS PASCHA SO LATE THIS YEAR? u page 8 In reality, this full moon falls on April 27, a discrepancy left uncorrected in the paschal cycle. As already stated, the provision of the First Ecumenical Council calls for Pascha to be observed on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Since May 1, for the reasons stated above, is taken to be the date of that full moon, the following Sunday, May 5, is the day when Pascha is observed this year.

If anything, this review of the complexities surrounding the issue of the date of Pascha underscores the compelling need to revisit it with patience and openness. This was the spirit that predominated at the most recent consultation on the matter held in Aleppo, Syria in 1997.

One of its conclusions was that the

present differences among the Churches in the calculation of the date of Pascha might be ascribed to differences in the calendars and lunar tables (paschal cycles) employed rather than to differences in fundamental theological outlook.

In view of the fact that both the Julian and Gregorian modes of calculation diverge from the astronomical data, it behooves us to return to the norms determined by the Council of Nicaea. Although the council did not itself undertake a detailed regulation of the paschal calculation, it did in fact respect available contemporary science regarding the vernal equinox and the phase of the moon. We can do no less today.

Dr. Patsavos is professor of canon law at Holy Cross School of Theology.

BOSTON ­ Final preparations are under way by the Alpha Omega Council for its gala Lifetime Achievement Award Banquet on Saturday, May 18, at the JFK Library.

The prestigious organization will present its 22nd annual award to Archbishop Demetrios.

The Alpha Omega Council, founded in 1976, promotes patriotism in the United States, Hellenic culture and fellowship, and supports religious and charitable activities with strong ties to the Greek Orthodox and Hellenic communities.

Each year since its founding, The Alpha Omega Council has selected a Hellene or philhellene of international, national or regional prominence who has exemplified the ideals of the organization through his or her own selfless efforts.

Past distinguished recipients of this award have included Archbishop Iakovos, the late Sen. Paul Tsongas, Metropolitan Methodios, Sen. Paul Sarbanes, and U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Nicholas Burns.

Gregory Filias, Alpha Omega Council president, stated, We selected His Eminence for several reasons. Archbishop Demetrios spiritual presence and tireless involvement in the blessing and healing of those victimized by the September 11 tragedy have made our Church a significant and guiding light the world over. But taking a look at the big picture, he has brought an even stronger sense of community and spirituality to the Greek Orthodox faithful here in America, achievements that could only have lifetime impact on us all.

Honoring His Eminence will be master of ceremonies George C. Behrakis, along with Metropolitan Methodios; George Chatzimichelakis, consul general of Greece; the Hellenic College-Holy Cross School of Theology president, Fr. Nick Triantafilou; and National Philoptochos Society President Eva Condakes.

Banquet chairman is John Panagako.

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EDITORIAL

A Great Opportunity to Offer Our Faith to America During this time preparations are being made for the meeting of our Biennial Clergy Laity Congress to be held in Los Angeles, June 30 July 5. This gathering of the faithful from throughout America takes on particular significance in light of the events of this past year. We are reminded on a daily basis that our world is in a time of crisis with tremendous challenges to be overcome and needs to be met. But we also must be aware of the tremendous resources and opportunities we have as Orthodox Christians, not only to assist in addressing critical issues, but also in offering the transforming power of our faith in Jesus Christ. It is this faith, combined with hope and love that will heal relationships and restore peace.

Due to the necessity of Offering Our Orthodox Faith to Contemporary America, the theme of our Congress, and by extension to the commission we have to offer our faith throughout the world, we ask for full participation of the clergy and laity of our Holy Archdiocese in this vital meeting. In being together in one mind, one body, and one heart, we manifest our unyielding commitment to Christ and the work of His Church, and we affirm our unquenchable desire to offer the gift of faith and salvation.

All our parishes should enthusiastically participate in the Clergy Laity Congress in Los Angeles and affirm that this will be a seminal event, an inauguration of an intense effort to offer to all people what has been given to us by God. The upcoming congress will have much to offer participants in the way of worship services and education.

The schedule will offer daily opportunities for worship services, including the Divine Liturgy each morning

u Support oratorical festival t Editor, I am a student at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a member of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Farmington Hills.

I am writing to advocate for teens to participate in the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival, sponsored by the Department of Religious Education, by stressing the multitude of rewards inherent in this program.

As a six-time participant and firstplace recipient of the National Oratorical Festival held in Oaklawn, Ill. in June 2001, I have gained invaluable knowledge from in-depth study of the Orthodox faith. The research involved in writing a speech acted as a useful supplement to the weekly Sunday school and Bible studies offered by my church.

The speaking skills I have cultivated from my participation have given me the opportunities and confidence to speak in front of thousands when the Patriarch His All Holiness Bartholomew visited Detroit in November 2000, at my high school commencement ceremonies and during weekly broadcasts of Detroit s Greek Radio Hour on WNZK 690 AM. I started out completely inexperi-

and Compline services each evening.

The Educational Program for this year s Clergy Laity Congress will offer to participants an extensive schedule of sessions that will focus on presenting guidance and resources for Offering Our Orthodox Faith to Contemporary America.

With a strong emphasis on education and the development and enhancement of ministry, the program will include more than 40 diversified sessions designed to equip the faithful for the continued work and growth of ministry within the parishes as critical both in offering a true witness of our faith and in addressing the tremendous challenges of our contemporary world.

Sessions will be offered by the Departments of Religious Education, Youth and Young Adults, Philanthropy, Family and Interfaith Marriage, Greek Education, Communications, Internet Ministries, as well as the Ecumenical Office. Further sessions will be held on the topics of stewardship, home missions, ministry in the small parish, senior adult ministry, art and architecture, environmental issues, preaching, and church libraries and book fairs.

The program will provide participants with an unprecedented opportunity to expand their interests in the ministries of the Church and take back with them to their parishes a renewed spirit of commitment for the work and mission of the Church.

It will be a unique and great opportunity for Greek Orthodox Christians from throughout the nation to come together, to share their experiences for the betterment of the Church and to come away with inspiring new ideas on offering our Orthodox faith to contemporary America.

enced in the dynamics of oratory or speech writing, however, through practice and the help of God, I was given the opportunity to attend five National Oratorical Festivals between 1996 and 2001.

These included Salt Lake City, New York City, Boston, Daytona Beach and Oaklawn, Ill. The range of topics included the saints, church hymn, the prayer of St. Ephraim, maintaining traditions in the Orthodox Church, and St. Athanasios and the Holy Trinity.

Additionally, I have found a unique relationship and understanding of my Orthodox faith. Truly, by declaring my faith in front of others I have gained a better understanding. I have learned about the Church by listening to other speeches and words from the clergy. With the opportunity to travel around the United States, I have met other Greek American youths, with similar backgrounds to myself. Especially unique to participation on the Archdiocese level of the Oratorical Festival is the bonding and immediate sense of friendship and belonging among the participants. Undoubtedly, I have always been able to draw on this experience with the best memories and most important lessons of my growth in the Orthodox Church.

Finally, another benefit of my par-

ticipation in this program was the scholarship that I received which significantly reduced my college expenses for my freshman year.

I would like this letter to serve as a catalyst to encourage other teens to participate in the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival. I will personally do everything in my power to support this wonderful program and will remain available to the Oratorical Festival Committee for help. I will forever be indebted to my church and the Committee for the encouragement in my participation during the past six years.

Alice M. Shukla Keego Harbor, Mich.

u Cloning geniet Editor, There is a pagan worldview that sees human lives as simply cattle. This meat manager mentality never ceases to plague us with new and more perverse assaults on human dignity and societal ethics.

The scientific arm of meat management is now trying to con us that there s difference between a cloned human embryo intended for implantation ( reproductive cloning) and one intended for cannibalization for its stem cells ( therapeutic cloning).

The overwhelming arrogance of these self-styled witch doctors and their bio-ethicist enablers is revealed in their assertion that the difference lies not in the nature of the embryonic entity but in their intended use of it.

So called bio-ethicists want to define human value based on brain functions. But they have forgotten why the loss of brain waves first became accepted as a criterion of death.

It was the irreversibility of the loss with existing medical technology that justified a pronouncement of death. However, brain waves and all other functions will be irreversibly present once conception (fertilization) has occurred, whether by natural or mechanical means in the lab. The same criterion of irreversibility of the onset or loss of brain functions can be used logically to mark the beginning or end of a human life.

Bio-ethics is rapidly becoming the black art of rationalizing the unconscionable. Let s at least lock the cloning genie in the bottle before we suffer new waves of ethical nightmares from which we may not recover without horrific social convulsions.

Alfred Lemmo Dearborn, Mich.

u Please Pray for my daughter t Editor, Monica Anna is a beautiful, kind and most giving person. She is 31 years old and from when she was little we got hit first with a rare allergy, then epilepsy, asthma, scholiosis, and now cancer.

Nothing before stopped her from loving and giving and helping everybody, but now she is very tired and depressed.

She has to have chemo, radiation, operation. We need your prayers, and some cards would lift her spirits. She is saying she is not afraid to die, but I am.

Will you please print this in your newspaper. I beg you, for the miracle that the people s prayers can make possible.

Thank you, Christina Hager 108 Cherry Three Oaks, Mich. 49128

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u Maintaining heritaget Editor, It was 1970 when I attended my first clergy laity conference held in New York City and heard Archbishop Iakovos say that, in 25 years, one family out of every five families will maintain their Greek language.

I don t have statistics to show how close His Eminence came to that prediction, but I do worry that in the next 25 years our Greek language will become a rarity amongst us.

Knowledgeable people speak of them and us when this subject is brought up in group discussions. It is a shame that we don t respect the pioneers who struggled to maintain their language while supporting Greek Orthodoxy, churches, family and home.

We have great leadership in our Greek Orthodox Church and we re extremely proud to say I am a Greek Orthodox. Many still maintain their Greek language and have the advantage of a second language. Why not know several languages. Where is the harm?

When we hear the words them and us , let us remind the speaker that it is all of us together that will build and maintain Greek Orthodoxy.

John J. Albanes Oyster Bay, N.Y.

u Take Lent seriouslyt Editor, There is no doubt about the beautiful service where each candle is lit from the one candle on the altar and the whole church is illuminated, as we receive our light of Christ in our hearts during that service. But as stated, that spiritual and inspiring feeling can just as quickly be extinguished, once we leave the church (unless we are true believers).

As I continued to read the following suggestions for Lent, it got me to thinking about the complete life of each person, not just their life during the Lenten season.

These are what you are suggested to observe during Lent: prayer, going to church, repentance, confession, reading the Bible, fasting and giving to help others.

However, if we (young or older) claim to be Children of God and Christians, these very suggestions for Lent are the things we should be doing every day, not just during Lent.

We can t be part time Christians, it s all or nothing. So let s stress the suggestions for Lent for every day of the year, not just four to six weeks of the year. Eternal salvation depends on our whole life, not just four or five weeks a year.

Fran Glaros Clearwater, Fla.

u HC/HC Alumni Reunion Set t

The 2002 Alumni Reunion Week at Holy Cross-Hellenic College takes place May 15-18. Archbishop Demetrios will preside at services Activities will include a board of directors meeting, awards ceremony, general assembly meeting, Texas barbecue and the President s Dinner that will feature a special recognition of the Class of 1942, the first graduating class.

The 25th Anniversary Class will celebrate an Orthros and Divine Liturgy on May 16.

Culminating the events will be the 60th Commencement Exercises on May 18.

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Reaching for God’s Peace and Power As God Touches You, You Become Quiet, Quite On The Inside, You Have Inner Peace And You Are Absolutely In Control byRev. Dr. Constantine N. Dombalis

Many years ago, a young boy who was brutally punished by his Old World father for misbehaving dropped by my office. As we exchanged glances, the young fellow looked at me and with sadness said, Does God love me?

Pausing, I began to reach out saying, God loves you and evidence of His Love is the life God has given each one of us. As children of God, we can become greater than we think.

We can attain more than we ever thought we could. Prayer helps us feel His hand upon us. (Pros-efhee, the word for prayer in the Greek language is reaching for a blessing). And in our prayer as God touches us, we become quiet, quite in our thoughts and we have inner peace and we are absolutely in control.

Yesterday s errors and mistakes disappear as God s Love grasps our mind and the erasure of our blunders enables us to feel good.

Feeling good, we begin to regain confidence and we no longer believe our world is shattered. We believe again in those about us and we can built for a new day.

A few years passed and the young man became the first in his family to graduate from college. He received a master s degree and also a doctorate in criminal justice. He showed a deep insight in a book he was to author depicting his research among those imprisoned.

Several years later, a renowned and prize-winning author wrote a best seller based upon the young man s life and his inspired research in problematic and troubled lives.

For more than a decade, the once troubled young man has served as an eminent professor in one of our well-known colleges in New Jersey. In his professional articles published in periodicals and books, he often writes of that day when God s Love enveloped his life.

In 1960, when I first visited the ancient land of Greece, we visited the some 2,500year-old amphitheater in Athens, where early classical Greek dramas and world famous musicians performed among those ancient stones under the Attic sky.

It is told when Dimitri Metropoulos, the renowned conductor of the New York Symphony, was a budding young conduc-

tor in Athens, one of his associates left the young conductor s musical score at his home. Metropoulos, conducted the symphony from memory.

The standing ovation of the orchestra and the thousands in attendance was a tribune to his genius. Had he gone to pieces because of the loss of his musical score, his genius might never have appeared. He later came to be known as the only symphony conductor to never have before him a musical score during performances.

There are moments in life for all of us, when we confront a decision we must make, a decision perhaps that can spell victory or defeat. In those moments, we can reach for God, stand tall, feel a greatness within us and realize that God can give us the mental power to find an answer.

Every one of us is a child of God. We are His creation and God is our Father.

He can help us respond to any occurrence and challenge.

Whenever we sense His presence, pessimism withers and we become optimistic. We may not uncover the answer immediately but don t give up, tomorrow brings another day and also, another perhaps better opportunity. Don t be afraid to undertake a difficult job, do the best you can and leave it in the hands of God. If we err, don t give up, go at it again.

In response to numerous and continuous profound theological questions, the ever-remembered Rev. Dr. Georges Florovsky, the foremost Orthodox theologian in the 20th century, who served as a lecturer at Harvard and professor at Columbia University, and my advisor in graduate studies, counseled, When one day you stand before God s Altar as His priest, you will have the answers to your questions.

Years later standing before the altar in the Cathedral of Virginia, as I celebrated the Divine Liturgy often the hand of God fused with my innermost thoughts as I stood fixed upon the presence of Christ in the Icon of the Nativity.

In those moments of mystical union, I learned never to be afraid or defeated, for the infusion of energy and excitement and the knowledge that Jesus Christ can see me through any difficulty removes the burdens of life that make life too much to carry around.

Great thoughts will bring us natural power, excitement, enthusiasm and life will be meaningful and full.

Fr. Constantine N. Dombalis is dean emeritus of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Virginia in Richmond.

The Ronald McDonald House of New York City an International non-profit organization, is a home-away-from-home for children undergoing cancer treatment and their families, at New York area medical centers.

THE GREEK DIVISION OF THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE is organizing its annual Walk-a-thon THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2002.

The Walk will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. at Central Park’s Wollman Rink and end at the Ronald McDonald House at 405 East 73 St. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 18th at the Wollman Rink or you may pre-register by returning the attached or for information and reservations please call (212) 717-6608. Suggested entry for each participant is $15.00, T-shirts will be available (while supplies last).

Also Buses for Transportation will be available.Come and join us to celebrate this special event and help us be here for many more years.

Please Join Us - Rain or Shine

NAME:____________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS________________________________________________________________ TELEPHONE:________________________________________________________________ ENTRY FEE:_______________________________________________________________ Or Any Other Donations:____________________________________________________ Please Send to Ronald McDonald House, Greek Division, 405 East 73rd St-New York, NY 10021.

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SCOBA STATEMENT on Crisis in the Holy Land R E L A T I N G T O T H E Faith THE RESURRECTION April 5, 2002

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

(Phil 4:7) In the midst of this holy season of Great Lent, our souls are troubled deeply by the escalation of hostilities in the land where our Lord has walked, where the shadow of the Prince of Peace, moved upon the ancient roads of Israel.

In one voice, we, the hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in America, address this appeal to the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority, for reconciliation, justice and peace in the Holy Land. To every Palestinian and Israeli citizen who is praying for an end to the violence, we extend to you the prayers and solidarity of our faithful in America.

Churches, mosques and temples are constructed as houses of prayer. The desecration and destruction of these sacred buildings, historic edifices and treasures of humanity, cannot be tolerated and must cease immediately. We urge a halt to all aggression against all religious sites. We urge for freedom of access to the faithful and religious leaders related to their places of worship.

We deplore the unprecedented escalation of violence, and the senseless destructions of lives and infrastructures.

In unison we raise our voice of supplication to the Government of Israel and to the Palestinian Authority for a cessation of actions that bring violence and death to innocent people. We issue our supplication because we agree with our brothers, the Heads of Churches in the Holy Land, who indicated in their most recent letter that the key to any future and lasting peace is in the hands of the Israeli

Government and the Palestinian Authority. After eighteen months of death and destruction, leaders from both sides must see that war and violence has settled nothing. Only meaningful negotiation between Palestinians and Israelis alike, whom God has destined to live as partners in this holy place, can ensure a future promising security, justice and peace in a land where three great monotheistic religions are called to coexist.

As we Orthodox Christians prepare for the coming of Pascha, the Feast of Feasts, our Lenten prayer is for peace in the Holy Land. To our Christian, Jewish and Muslim friends living through this horror, we cry with the Psalmist who wrote, Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, and security within your towers. (psalm 122:6).

Peace and Love to all and for all.

ÿ Archbishop DEMETRIOS, Chairman Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America ÿ Metropolitan PHILIP, Vice Chairman Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America ÿ Metropolitan CHRISTOPHER, Secretary Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada ÿ Metropolitan NICHOLAS of Amissos American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese in the USA ÿ Metropolitan THEODOSIUS Orthodox Church in America ÿ Metropolitan JOSEPH, Locum tenens Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada ÿ Metropolitan JOSEPH Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church ÿ Metropolitan CONSTANTINE Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA

One Thursday evening, almost 2,000 years ago, thirteen men were eating the Passover together in an inconspicuous upper room of a modest dwelling in Jerusalem.

by Fr. Evagoras Costantinides

It was a mystical gathering pregnant of ominous forebodings. The fact that it was held two days before the appropriate time gave it an aura of mystery and out worldliness.

Before this mystical supper was over, twelve men remained at the table, casting inquiring looks at each other. A short while later, with limns of praise upon their lips, they made their way to the Garden of Gethsemane where, in the stillness of the night, prayer comes to the soul as rain upon parched earth.

Before the night was over, eleven remained-frightened and bewildered-some daring to follow the rapidly unfolding drama, but most wandering aimlessly through the streets of the City of David.

And now, Saturday night, only ten are together in the same upper room, same in every respect, except that the atmosphere of mysticism of two nights ago, has now been replaced by mortal fear.

Where are the other three?

One hanged himself in remorse. The other was crucified by hate and iniquity.

And the third is doing battle with a doubting soul.

And the ten? What are they doing?

They reminisce. Tossed relentlessly by gigantic waves of despair, lack of faith and inability to reason, they grope for a solid rock on which to hold to. They recall another night when tossed by the wind and waves on the Sea of Galilee they looked with entreating eyes upon their sleeping Master. And He, aroused from sleep by their anxiety, with that look that pierced hearts and subdued passions, pacified the waves and stilled the wind.

But where is He now? He is in a tomb, a lifeless corpse! To whom will they look to now? Oh, if only He could speak to them and reassure them.

He did!

HOLY SCRIPTURE READINGS MAY ........

1 S ........... Acts 9:19-31; Jn 15:17-16:2 2 SUN ............ Acts 9:32-42; Jn 5:1-15 3 M ............... Acts 10:1-16; Jn 6:56-69 4 T ................. Acts 10:21-33; Jn 7:1-13 5 W ........... Acts 26:1, 12-20; Jn 10:1-9 6 Th ............ Acts 10:34-43; Jn 8:12-20 7 F .......... Acts 10:44-11:10; Jn 8:21-30 8 S ................. Acts 12:1-11; Jn 8:31-42 9 SUN Acts 11:19-26, 29-30; Jn 4:5-42 10 M ........... Acts 12:12-17; Jn 8:42-51 11 T ....... Acts 12:25-13:12; Jn 8:51-59 12 W ............. Acts 13:13-24; Jn 6:5-14 13 Th ....... Acts 14:20-27; Jn 9:39-10-9

In the stillness of the night, where the only sounds heard were those of their throbbing hearts, they heard Him clearly say: Remain with Me! It was an admonition He had given them shortly before that fateful supper. An admonition which they had so flagrantly violated already. He had asked them to remain awake with Him in the Garden while He prayed, but they fell asleep; He had asked them to remain faithful to Him, but they had already denied Him. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak!

Then, they remembered His promise that on the third day He would rise. A feeling of awe clutched them tightly as they realized that this was the third day.

Through the cracks of the boarded windows they could see the rosy fingers of dawn pushing the darkness away.

Then, came the news! The women rushed breathless into the room to tell them that they had seen the risen Lord!

Peter and John raced to the tomb and found it indeed empty; and the two who were on their way to Emmaus returned to confirm the message of the women. It was an indescribable joy full of untold torment. Why can t we see Him? they all thought.

As the first day of the week was yielding to the darkness of night He came, radiant and new, bringing them the message of peace, love, life, of victory over death, of redemption, of newness, of proof irrevocable that our God is a living God, a loving God, a saving God, a God who wants the joy and happiness of all who trust in Him and remain in Him. Rejoice, then, my brothers and sisters!

The tomb is empty! The fetters of sin are broken! Death is vanquished! The fallen image is restored! The reunion has been accomplished! Grasp His outstretched hand, ally yourself with the victor, and you shall have victory, joy, peace, life forever because the Lord has Risen indeed!

Christ has risen from the dead, By trampling down death by death, And on those in the tombs, Has bestowed life!

14 F ................ Acts 15:5-34; Jn 10:17-28 15 S .............. Acts 15:35-41; Jn 10:27-38 16 SUN ............ Acts 16:16-34; Jn 9:1-38 17 M ................ Acts 17:1-15; Jn 11:47-57 18 T .............. Acts 17:19-28; Jn 12:19-36 19 W ............. Acts 18:22-28; Jn 12:36-47 20 Th ............... Acts 1:1-12; Lk. 24:36-53 21 F ..................... Acts 19:1-8; Jn 14:1-11 22 S .............. Acts 20:7-12; Jn 14:10-21 23 SUN .................. Acts 20:16-18, 28-36 24 M ............ Acts 21:8-14; Jn 14:27-15:7 25 T ................ Acts 21:26-32; Jn 16:2-13 26 W ................ Acts 23:1-11; Jn 16:15-23 27 Th ............ Acts 25:13-19; Jn 16:23-33 28 F ................ Acts 27-1-44; Jn 17:18-26 29 S ................ Acts 28-1-31; Jn 21:15-25 30 SUN ...... Acts 2:1-11; Jn 7:37-52, 8:12 31 M ................. Eph. 5:9-19; Mt 18:10-20

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Ï ðáëìüò ôùí ìéêñþí ìáèçôþí Þôáí Ýíá áðü ôá óôïé÷åßá ðïõ óõãêßíçóáí éäéáßôåñá üóïõò ðáñáêïëïõèÞóáí óôéò åîÝäñåò êáé óôá ðåæïäñüìéá, êáôÜ ìÞêïò ôçò äéáäñïìÞò áðü ôïõò 62 ìÝ÷ñé êáé ôïõò 79 äñüìïõò ôçí ðáñÝëáóç. Ïé æçôùêñáõãÝò «ÆÞôù ç ÅëëÜäá» äïíïýóáí ôçí 5ç ëåùöüñï. ÁõôÝò ïé åêäçëþóåéò óå óõíäõáóìü ìå ôá óõíèÞìáôá ðïõ áêïýóôçêáí Þ ðÝñáóáí ìå ôá ðáíü Ýäåéîáí ãéá Üëëç ìéá öïñÜ ôçí áðïöáóéóôéêüôçôá ôçò ÏìïãÝíåéáò íá ìçí áðåìðïëÞóåé ôá åèíéêÜ äßêáéá êáé íá óõíå÷ßóåé åíùìÝíç ôïí áãþíá ôçò ãéá ôçí áðåëåõèÝñùóç ôçò Êýðñïõ. ÖÝôïò åéäéêÜ, Ýíá ìåãÜëï ìÝñïò ôçò ÐáñÝëáóçò ðïõ óôÝöèçêå ìå åðéôõ÷ßá êáé üðùò êÜèå ÷ñüíï îåêßíçóå ìå ôï ¢ãçìá ôùí Åõæþíùí ôçò ÐñïåäñéêÞò ÖñïõñÜò Þôáí áöéåñùìÝíï óôçí ìíÞìç ôùí èõìÜôùí ôçò ôñïìïêñáôéêÞò åðßèåóçò óôïõò äßäõìïõò ðýñãïõò ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò ôçò 11çò Óåðôåìâñßïõ, åíþ ðáñÜëëçëá êõñéÜñ÷çóå ç ðáñïõóßáóç êáé ôï ìÞíõìá áéóéïäïîßáò ãéá ôïõò Ïëõìðéáêïýò Áãþíåò ôïõ 2004 óôçí ÁèÞíá. ÄåêÜäåò Üñìáôá êáé ÷éëéÜäåò ïìïãåíþí êáôÝêëõóáí áðü íùñßò ôï ðñùß, ôçí áíáôïëéêÞ ðëåõñÜ ôïõ Ìáí÷Üôáí. Óýìöùíá ìå ôéò åêôéìÞóåéò ôçò áóôõíïìßáò ç óõììåôï÷Þ ôïõ êüóìïõ Üããéîå ôéò 50 ÷éëéÜäåò.

Áðüóôïëïò ÊáêëáìÜíçò, ç âïõëåõôÞò ê. Íôüñá ÌðáêïãéÜííç, ï åðé÷åéñçìáôßáò êáé öéëÜíèñùðïò ê. ÁëÝîáíäñïò Óðáíüò êáé ï õðïøÞöéïò ãéá ôç èÝóç ôïõ õðïêõâåñíÞôç ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò ê. ÍôÝíéò Ìéë. Ôçí ÅëëçíéêÞ ÊõâÝñíçóç åêðñïóþðçóå ï õöõðïõñãüò Åîùôåñéêþí ê. ÃéÜííçò Ìáãêñéþôçò. Ôçí ÊõðñéáêÞ ÊõâÝñíçóç êáé ôçí ÂïõëÞ ôùí Áíôéðñïóþðùí ôçò Êýðñïõ åêðñïóþðçóå ï ðñüåäñïò ôçò ÂïõëÞò ê. ÄçìÞôñçò ×ñéóôüöéáò. Åðßóçò Þôáí ðáñüíôåò ïé âïõëåõôÝò ìÝëç ôçò ÄéáêïììáôéêÞò ÅðéôñïðÞò ãéá ôïí Áðüäçìï Åëëçíéóìü ìå åðéêåöáëÞò ôïí ðñüåäñï ôçò åðéôñïðÞò, âïõëåõôÞ Ðåéñáé-

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Ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ê. ÄçìÞôñéïò óõíïäåõüìåíïò áðü ôïí äÞìáñ÷ï ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò ê. Ìëïýìðåñãê, ôïí ôåëåôÜñ÷ç ê. ¢ëåî Óðáíü êáé ôçí óýæõãü ôïõ Öáßç (áñéóôåñÜ), ôïí ðïëéôåéáêü âïõëåõôÞ ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò ê. ÌÜéêë ÃéÜííáñç (äåîéÜ) êáé ôïõò Üëëïõò åðéóÞìïõò çãïýíôáé ôçò ðáñÝëáóçò.

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Ç ÐñïåäñéêÞ ÖñïõñÜ áðïäßäåé ôéìÝò , ìðñïò óôçí åîÝäñá ôùí åðéóÞìùí åíþ ðáéáíßæïõí ïé åèíéêïß ýìíïé ôçò ÅëëÜäïò êáé ôùí Ç.Ð.Á.

ÅíôõðùóéáêÞ üðùò ðÜíôá, áëëÜ êáé êáèïñéóôéêÞ ãéá ôï ìÝãåèïò êáé ôçí åðéôõ÷ßá ôçò ðáñÝëáóçò, Þôáí ç óõììåôï÷Þ ôùí Åëëçíïñèüäïîùí åíïñéþí ìáò áð üëç ôçí ìçôñïðïëéôéêÞ ðåñéï÷Þ ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò áëëÜ êáé ðÝñáí áõôÞò. Ï ÊëÞñïò, ôá åíïñéáêÜ óõìâïýëéá, ôá ó÷ïëåßá çìåñÞóéá êáé áðïãåõìáôéíÜ ìáèçôÝò êáé ìáèÞôñéåò, äÜóêáëïé êáé äáóêÜëåò, ãïíåßò êáé ó÷ïëéêÝò åðéôñïðÝò, ôìÞìáôá íåïëáßáò, ðñïóêüðùí, ïé öéëüðôù÷åò áäåëöüôçôåò, üëïé ãåìÜôïé åíèïõóéáóìü êáé åèíéêü ðáëìü Ýäùóáí ôï ðáñüí, ôç ìåãÜëç áõôÞ ìÝñá ôïõ ÃÝíïõò ìáò. ÔåëåôÜñ÷åò ôçò ðáñÝëáóçò Þôáí ï ðñüåäñïò ôçò ÂïõëÞò ôùí ÅëëÞíùí ê.

Ç êñáõãÞ «ÆÞôù ç ÅëëÜäá» áíôÞ÷çóå êáôÜ ìÞêïò ôçò 5çò Ëåùöüñïõ.

þò êáé ðñþçí õðïõñãü ê. Ãñçãüñç Íéþôç. Óõììåôåß÷áí ïé âïõëåõôÝò Ðáíáãéþôçò ÓêáíäáëÜêçò, Íßêïò ÃêáôæÞò êáé Ìáñßá ÄáìáíÜêç. Ôï ÐÁÓÏÊ åêðñïóþðçóå ï ê. ÊïóìÜò Óöõñßïõ êáé ôç ÍÝá Äçìïêñáôßá ï âïõëåõôÞò ê. ÂáããÝëçò ÌåúìáñÜêçò. ÐáñåõñÝèçêå åðßóçò êáé ï âïõëåõôÞò ê. ÄçìÞôñçò Óéïýöáò, ãñáììáôÝáò ôçò êïéíïâïõëåõôéêÞò ïìÜäáò ôçò ÍÝáò Äçìïêñáôßáò. Óôçí ðáñÝëáóç óõììåôåß÷å êáé ï ãåñïõóéáóôÞò ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò ê. ÔóÜñëò Óïýìåñ ðïõ âñïíôïöþíáîå áðü ôï ìéêñüöùíï «ÆÞôù ç 25ç Ìáñôßïõ» óôá åëëçíéêÜ. Ðßóôç üðùò ðÜíôá óôï êÜëåóìá ç öéëÝëëçí âïõëåõôÞò ê.

ÊÜñïëéí Ìáëüíé, êáèþò êáé ï Åëëçíïáìåñéêáíüò ðïëéôåéáêüò âïõëåõôÞò ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò ê. ÌÜéêë ÃéÜíáñçò. Áðü ôï ÊïíÝêôéêáô ðÞñå ìÝñïò óôçí ÐáñÝëáóç ï åêåß ðïëéôåéáêüò âïõëåõôÞò ê. ÄçìÞôñçò ÃéÜííáñïò. Ôï ðñüãñáììá ôçò çìÝñáò îåêßíçóå ìå Èåßá Ëåéôïõñãßá êáé äïîïëïãßá óôïí êáèåäñéêü Íáü ôçò Áãßáò ÔñéÜäáò ðñïåîÜñ÷ïíôïò ôïõ Áñ÷éåðéóêüðïõ ÁìåñéêÞò ê. Äçìçôñßïõ. Áêïëïýèçóå ç êáèéåñùìÝíç äåîßùóç óôï îåíïäï÷åßï ÐëÜæá óôéò 12 ôï ìåóçìÝñé. Åêåß óôçí äéÜñêåéá ôùí ÷áéñåôéóìþí ðïõ Ýäùóáí ïé ðñïóêåêëçìÝíïé, ðïëéôéêïß áðü ôçí ÅëëÜäá êáé ôéò ÇíùìÝíåò Ðïëéôåßåò, ï ÄÞìáñ÷ïò ôçò ÁèÞíáò ê. ÄçìÞôñçò Áâñáìüðïõëïò, ðáñÝäùóå åðéôáãÞ 400 ÷éëéÜäùí äïëáñßùí ãéá ôïí ¢ãéï Íéêüëáï, ðñïúüí åñÜíïõ ìÝóù ôçò ôçëåüñáóçò áðü ôïõò êáôïßêïõò ôçò ÁèÞíáò, ðïõ Ýãéíå ìå ðñùôïâïõëßá ôïõ äçìÜñ÷ïõ. Óôçí óõíÝ÷åéá ãýñù óôéò 1:30 ïé åðßóçìïé åîÞëèáí áðü ôï îåíïäï÷åßï êáé ó÷çìÜôéóáí ðïìðÞ ìå ðñïïñéóìü ôéò åîÝäñåò óôçí óõìâïëÞ ôùí ïäþí 68 êáé

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5çò Ëåùöüñïõ. Ïé ìáèçôÝò êáé ïé ãïíåßò åß÷áí êáôÝâåé áðü íùñßò óôá ðñïêáèïñéóìÝíá óçìåßá ðïõ Ýðñåðå íá âñßóêïíôáé ãéá íá óõíáíôÞóïõí ôá Üñìáôá êáé ðåñßìåíáí õðïìïíåôéêÜ ôçí óåéñÜ ôïõò. Áõôïß, ïé ìéêñïß Þñùåò, Ýäùóáí Ýíá îå÷ùñéóôü ÷ñþìá óôçí ðáñÝëáóç, íôõìÝíïé ìå ðáñáäïóéáêÝò óôïëÝò êáé óôïëÝò ôùí ó÷ïëåßùí ôïõò, êñáôþíôáò óôï ÷Ýñé ìéá åëëçíéêÞ êáé ìéá áìåñéêáíéêÞ óçìáßá. Ç ðáñÝëáóç îåêßíçóå ãýñù óôéò 2 ôï ìåóçìÝñé, üôáí ïé åðßóçìïé êáé áíÜìåóÜ ôïõò ï äÞìáñ÷ïò ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò ê. ÌÜéêë Ìðëïýìðåñãê Ýöôáóáí óôçí åîÝäñá. ¸êäçëç Þôáí ç óõãêßíçóç êáé ðåñçöÜíéá üëùí óôçí èÝá ôùí Åõæþíùí ôçò ÐñïåäñéêÞò ÖñïõñÜò ðïõ ìüëéò Ýöôáóå åíþðéïí ôùí åðéóÞìùí ç öéëáñìïíéêÞ ôïõ Áãßïõ Äçìçôñßïõ ôçò Áóôüñéáò áíÝêñïõóå ôïõò Åèíéêïýò ýìíïõò ôçò ÅëëÜäáò êáé ôùí ÇíùìÝíùí Ðïëéôåéþí. Ï Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ê. ÄçìÞôñéïò, üñèéïò óôï ìÝóù ôçò åîÝäñáò ÷áéñÝôéóå êáé åõëüãçóå üëá ôá ôìÞìáôá ìå ôç óåéñÜ êáé ùò ôï ôÝëïò, êáèþò ðåñíïýóáí ìðñïò áðü ôïõò åðéóÞìïõò. Ìéá áôÝëåéùôç áíèñþðéíç óåéñÜ ðïõ êõìÜôéæå óôï ìðëå ôï êüêêéíï êáé ôï Üóðñï, ãåìÜôç äõíáìéóìü êáé õðïó÷Ýóåéò ãéá ôï ìÝëëïí. ¸íá áðü ôá Üñìáôá ðïõ óõììåôåß÷áí óôçí ðáñÝëáóç Þôáí áöéåñùìÝíï óôá èýìáôá ôçò ôñïìïêñáôéêÞò åðßèåóçò ôçò 11çò Óåðôåìâñßïõ êáé åß÷å ðáñáããåëèåß áðü ôçí Ïìïóðïíäßá, óå Ýíäåéîç öüñïõ ôéìÞò. Ðáñüìïéï Üñìá åß÷å êáé ç êïéíüôçôá ôïõ Áãßïõ Ãåùñãßïõ áðü ôï Êëßöôïí ôçò ÍÝáò ÉåñóÝçò. Åðßóçò îå÷ùñéóôü ôìÞìá ðïõ áðïôåëïýóáí íåáñïß öïéôçôÝò ðÞñå ìÝñïò óôçí ðáñÝëáóç êñáôþíôáò ôçí óçìáßá ôùí Ïëõìðéáêþí Áãþíùí êáé åðßóçò ÅëëçíéêÝò êáé ÁìåñéêáíéêÝò óçìáßåò. ÐñïçãÞèçêáí ôá ëÜâáñá óõëëüãùí üðùò ïé Êáëáâñõôéíïß, ç ÌÜíç, ï ÃÝñïò ôïõ ÌùñéÜ, ïé ÁéôùëïáêáñíÜíåò ìå ôï ëÜâáñï ôçò Åîüäïõ ôïõ Ìåóïëïããßïõ, ïé ÊñÞôåò, ïé Ðüíôéïé, ï óýëëïãïò «ÏëõìðéáêÞ Öëüãá». Åéäéêü ôìÞìá ó÷çìÜôéóáí ïé áñéóôïý÷ïé Åëëçíïáìåñéêáíéêïß ìáèçôÝò ôùí çìåñÞóéùí êïéíïôéêþí ó÷ïëåßùí ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò êáé áêïëïýèçóáí üëá ôá õðüëïéðá ôìÞìáôá áðü óýëëïãïé êáé óùìáôåßá áðü êÜèå Üêñï ôçò ÅëëÜäïò. Éäéáßôåñç åíôýðùóç Ýêáíå ãéá Üëëç ìéá ÷ñïíéÜ ç ðáñïõóßá ôìçìÜôùí ïìïãåíåéáêþí ïñãáíþóåùí áðü Üëëåò ðïëéôåßåò üðùò ôï ÷ïñåõôéêü ôìÞìá «Ïëýìðéê ÍôÜíóåñò» áðü ôï Ðßôóìðïõñãê.

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×ñéóôüò «Ç Åéêþí ôïõ ÁïñÜôïõ Èåïý» ôïõ ð. Äçìçôñßïõ É. ÊùíóôáíôÝëïõ ÁëëÜ ðñéí ðñï÷ùñÞóïõìå óôçí áíÜðôõîç ôïõ èÝìáôïò, ïöåßëïõìå íá êáèïñßóïõìå ôïõò üñïõò ìáò: Ôé åßíáé åéêþí; Ôé åßíáé áüñáôïò; Ôé åßíáé Èåüò; ¼ëïé ãíùñßæïõìå ôé åßíáé áüñáôïò, áëëÜ äåí ãíùñßæïõìå ôé åßíáé Èåüò. ÁëëÜ ôé ðåñß åéêüíáò; Ï Áðüóôïëïò Ðáýëïò, ï êáô åîï÷Þí èåïëüãïò ôïõ ×ñéóôéáíéóìïý, ïíïìÜæåé ôïí ×ñéóôü «åéêüíá ôïõ áïñÜôïõ Èåïý» (2 Êïñ. 4:4). Åéò Üëëï óçìåßï ôçò ÊáéíÞò ÄéáèÞêçò, ï ×ñéóôüò ðåñéãñÜöåôáé ùò «Ôï áðáýãáóìá êáé ï ÷áñáêôÞñ ôçò õðïóôÜóåùò ôïõ Èåïý». (Êïë. 1:15, Åâñ.

1:3). ¼ëïé áõôïß ïé üñïé, öéëïóïöéêïß êáé èåïëïãéêïß, åßíáé Åëëçíéêïß üñïé, ôùí ïðïßùí ç ðñïÝëåõóçò äýíáôáé íá áíá÷èåß åéò ôçí êëáóóéêÞ ÅëëçíéêÞ ãñáììáôåßá. Ç ëÝîéò å é ê þ í å÷ñçóéìïðïéÞèç ìå ðïëëÝò Ýííïéåò. ÁëëÜ åßôå õðü ôçí ÅâñáúêÞ ôçò åßôå õðü ôçí ÅëëçíéêÞ ôçò åêäï÷Þ, åéêþí óçìáßíåé ðáñÜóôáóç, áðïôýðùóç ðñùôïôýðïõ. Åéò ôï âéâëßï ôçò ÃåíÝóåùò äéáâÜæïõìå üôé ï Èåüò åßðå, «ðïéÞóùìåí Üíèñùðïí êáô åéêüíá çìåôÝñáí êáé êáè ïìïßùóéí...» (Ãåí. 1:26). çìéïõñãçèåßò êáô åéêüíá Èåïý, ï Üíèñùðïò åßíáé ðñùôáñ÷éêÜ êáé êáôÜ ðñþôïí êáé êýñéïí ëüãïí ìßá ðíåõìáôéêÞ ýðáñîéò, üðùò ï äçìéïõñãüò ôïõ åßíáé ôï Ðíåõìáôéêüí Ïí. Ùò äçìéïýñãçìá ôïõ Èåïý, ï Üíèñùðïò áíôéðñïóùðåýåé ôçí êõñéáñ÷ßá ôïõ Èåïý åðß ôçò ãçò. Ï Üíèñùðïò ùò åéêüíá ôïõ Èåïý æåé êáé êéíåßôáé ìÝóá óôçí Õøßóôç ¾ðáñîç, ôïí Äçìéïõñãüí Èåüí, äéü êáé «åí áõôþ... æþìåí êáé êéíïýìåèá êáé åóìÝí» êáèþò ï áñ÷áßïò ¸ëëçíáò ðïéçôÞò ¢ñáôïò ôï Ýèåóå, êáé ï Áðüóôïëïò Ðáýëïò ôï õéïèÝôçóå. (ÐñÜîåéò 17:28). Ï Üíèñùðïò, «ç åéêþí ôïõ Èåïý», äåí åßíáé ìüíï ÁãéïãñáöéêÞ äéäáóêáëßá. Ï üñïò å÷ñçóéìïðïéÞèç åêôåôáìÝíá êáôÜ ôçí ýóôåñç ÅëëçíéêÞ áñ÷áéüôçôá. Ïé âáóéëåßò ôçò ÅëëçíéóôéêÞò åðï÷Þò ðåñéåãñÜöïíôï ùò åéêüíåò ôïõ Èåïý. Ðáñáäåßãìáôïò ÷Üñéí, ï Ðôïëåìáßïò ï Å´ åßíáé «æþóá åéêþí ôïõ Èåïý». ÄéÜ ôïí Ëïõêéáíü, ôïí ÄéïãÝíç ôïí ËáÝñôéï êáé Üëëïõò ¸ëëçíåò óõããñáöåßò «ôï áíèñþðéíï ïí, ï Üíèñùðïò, ü÷é ìüíï ï Üíäñáò, åßíáé åéêþí ôïõ Èåïý». ÁëëÜ êáé «ïé áãáèïß Üíäñåò åßíáé åéêüíåò ôùí èåïôÞôùí». Åéò ôçí ãëþóóá ôçò ÊáéíÞò ÄéáèÞêçò, éäéáéôÝñùò åéò ôïí Áðüóôïëï Ðáýëï, ï ×ñéóôüò äåí åßíáé áðëÞ åéêþí ôïõ áïñÜôïõ Èåïý, áëëÜ «ç ôåëåßá åéêþí, ç ïñáôÞ áíáðáñÜóôáóéò ôïõ áïñÜôïõ Èåïý». Ùò ôïéïýôïò ï ×ñéóôüò åßíáé ï ôÝëåéïò ìåóßôçò ìåôáîý ôïõ áïñÜôïõ Èåïý êáé ôçò åðß ãçò äçìéïõñãçèåßóçò åéêüíïò ôïõ Èåïý ôïõ áíèñþðïõ. ¼ðùò ï Èåüò åßíáé áüñáôïò ïýôù êáé ç åéêþí ôïõ Èåïý åíôüò ôïõ áíèñþðïõ ôï ðíåýìá åßíáé áüñáôïò. Ïé ðáôÝñåò ôçò áñ÷áßáò Åêêëçóßáò, üðùò ï Ãñçãüñéïò ï Èåïëüãïò, ï Âáóßëåéïò ï ÌÝãáò, ï ÉùÜííçò ï Äáìáóêçíüò, åôüíéæáí üôé ç ðáñïõóßá ìéáò åéêüíïò ðñïûðïèÝôåé ôçí ýðáñîç åíüò áñ÷åôýðïõ. Êáé üðùò ôï áñ÷Ýôõðï åßíáé ï áüñáôïò Èåüò, ïýôù êáé ç åéêþí ôïõ Èåïý åíôüò ôïõ áíèñþðïõ åßíáé áüñáôïò. Ôï áñ÷Ýôõðïí, üìùò, Ýãéíå öáíåñüí åéò ôïí ×ñéóôüí, ôçí ôåëåõôáßá åéêüíá ôïõ Èåïý, ìå ôçí åíóÜñêùóÞ ôïõ. ÄéÜ ìÝóïõ ôïõ

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Ôï âñÜäõ ôçò 25çò Ìáñôßïõ ï Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ê. ÄçìÞôñéïò ðáñåêÜèçóå óôï 35ï åðßóçìï äåßðíï ôçò Á×ÅÐÁ óôçí ÏõÜóéíãêôïí. Óôï óôéãìéüôõðï ï ðñüåäñïò ôçò Á×ÅÐÁ ê. ÁíäñÝáò ÌðáíÞò ìáæß ìå ôïí Áñ÷éåðßóêïðï ÄçìÞôñéï êáé ôïí ðñüåäñï ôçò äéïñãáíùôéêÞò åðéôñïðÞò ê. Óôçâ ÌðÝôæåëï ðáñïõóéÜæïõí ôï ÁñéóôïôÝëåéï Âñáâåßï óôïí ïìïãåíÞ ðñÝóâç ôùí Ç.Ð.Á óôçí Éóðáíßá ê. Ãåþñãéï Áñãõñü.

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Ï Ïéêïõìåíéêüò ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò ê. Âáñèïëïìáßïò çãåßôáé ôçò ðåñéöïñÜò ôùí Áãßùí Åéêüíùí óôï ÖáíÜñé, ôçí ÊõñéáêÞ ôçò Ïñèïäïîßáò.

10 ×ÉË. ÁÍÔÉÔÕÐÁ ÔÇÓ ÁÃÉÁÓ ÃÑÁÖÇÓ ÃÉÁ ÔÏ ÑÙÓÓÉÊÏ ËÁÏ ÊÙÍÓÔÁÍÔÉÍÏÕÐÏËÇ. ÄÝêá ÷éëéÜäåò áíôßôõðá ôçò Áãßáò ÃñáöÞò (ÐáëáéÜò êáé ÊáéíÞò ÄéáèÞêçò) åîÝäùóå óôá ñùóóéêÜ ôï Ïéêïõìåíéêü Ðáôñéáñ÷åßï ôá ïðïßá åäþñéóå óôçí Åêêëçóßá ôçò Ñùóóßáò, ùò ìéá óôïñãéêÞ ÷åéñïíïìßá ðñïò ôïí åõóåâÞ Ñùóóéêü ëáü. Ãéá ôïí óêïðü áõôü ï ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò Ýóôåéëå áíôéðñïóùðåßá õðü ôïí Óåâ. Ìçôñïðïëßôç Óåñâßùí êáé ÊïæÜíçò ê.

Áìâñüóéï, ç ïðïßá ìåôÝöåñå ôá áíôßôõðá óôç Ñùóóßá êáé ôá ðáñÝäùóå óôïí Ìáêáñéþôáôï ÐáôñéÜñ÷ç Ìüó÷áò êáé ðÜóçò Ñùóóßáò ê. ÁëÝîéï. Ç Á. Ìáêáñéüôçò ï ÐáôñéÜñ÷çò ÁëÝîéïò, åîÝöñáóå ãñáðôþò êáé ðñïöïñéêþò, ôçí åõãíùìïóýíç êáé ôéò åõ÷áñéóôßåò ôïõ ãéá ôç ãåííáéüäùñç áõôÞ ðñïóöïñÜ ôïõ Ïéêïõìåíéêïý Ðáôñéáñ÷åßïõ ðñïò ôïí Ïñèüäïîï Ñùóóéêü ëáü.

Áñ÷éåðéóêïðéêïý Óõìâïõëßïõ, ï ê. ¢íôñéïõ ÌðÜíçò, ðñüåäñïò ôçò Á×ÅÐÁ, ï ê. ¢íôñéïõ ÌáíÜôïò, ï ê. Ôæïí ÊáóéìÜôçò, áîéùìáôéêüò ôçò Áóôõíïìßáò áðü ôçí ÍÝá Õüñêç, ï ê. ÅõãÝíéïò Ñùóóßäçò, ï ê. Ößëéð Êñßóôïöåñ, ï ê. ÓÜââáò Ôóßâéêïò, ï ðñÝóâçò ê. Ìé÷áÞë ÓùôÞñ÷ïò, ï ðñÝóâçò ê. ËïõêÜò Ôóßëáò êáé ï ê. ÓùôÞñçò Âá÷áâéüëïò, õðåýèõíïò ôçò äéïñãáíùôéêÞò åðéôñïðÞò ãéá ôçí öåôåéíÞ ÅèíéêÞ ÐáñÝëáóç óôçí 5ç Ëåùöüñï ôçò ÍÝáò Õüñêçò. Ôï ðñùß ôçò 25çò Ìáñôßïõ, ï Óåâ. Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ÁìåñéêÞò ê. ÄçìÞôñéïò ðñïåîÞñ÷å ôçò Èåßáò Ëåéôïõñãßáò êáé ôçò Äïîïëïãßáò óôïí Êáèåäñéêü Íáü ôçò Áãßáò Óïößáò óôçí ÏõÜóéíãêôïí. Óôçí ïìéëßá ôïõ ðñïò ôï åêêëçóßáóìá ï Áñ÷éåðßóêïðïò ôüíéóå üôé ç åëåõèåñßá åßíáé ôï êïéíü ÷áñáêôçñéóôéêü êáé ôùí äýï åïñôþí, ôïõ Åõáããåëéóìïý ôçò Èåïôüêïõ êáé ôçò åðåôåßïõ ôçò ÅèíéêÞò Ðáëéããåíåóßáò, éäéáßôåñá äå ç åëåõèåñßá ü÷é áðü êÜðïéá äåóìÜ Þ ðåñéïñéóìïýò, áëëÜ íïïýìåíç ùò åëåõèåñßá äñÜóåùò êáé óêÝøåùò ãéá

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E.T. and Easter E.T.* (The Extra Terrestrial) was initially released June 1982 and quickly became that year s biggest surprise. To date E.T. is the second-highest grossing movie of all time (Titanic is number one), and has been re-released for its 20th anniversary.

by Fr. Angelo Artemas

The efforts of director Steven Spielberg and author Melissa Matheson managed to strike a cord with movie fans of all ages. One did not have to be a science fiction buff to enjoy E.T. Whether intentional or whether through unintentional but inspired artistic expression, the movie managed to touch upon several universal yearnings and symbols.

Consider for a moment those who are trying to capture E.T. Early in the movie the would-be capturers are only depicted from the waist down. We don t see their faces, and oddly enough, keys are dangling from their belts. In the darkness of the night they rely on light from flashlights.

Even later in the movie when the men take over the house, their faces are covered with darkened space masks, whereas the boys on the bikes remove their sunglasses in the presence of E.T. and the space ship.

Bishop Kallistos (Ware) has often spoken about Hell as being the inability to see another face. Orthodox hymnology frequently refers to the locks, bonds and chains of the devil. Perhaps these faceless men and their keys are symbolic of darkness and hell since they don t have any inner light, but only the light of the external flashlight?

Consider the following: E.T. is both a more simple and a more intelligent being from above who desires to go back home.

E.T. has healing powers with plants, animals and humans. E.T. shares feelings and sympathizes with Elliot. E.T. has a heart light that becomes extinguished when he loses hope for going home.

His heart light becomes re-ignited when he is assured he will be going home.

E.T. dies but comes back to life. He tells Gertie to be good and tells Elliot I ll be right here even though he is going off into the heavens.

Elliot s brother is Michael (Hebrew for who is like God Archangel Michael fought Satan), and his mother is Mary coincidence?

Aren t we simple human beings who became more complicated after we tasted of the tree of knowledge? Don t we yearn for a better life and for meaning in life?

Are we not responsible for caring for the plants, animals and each other as God instructed Adam and Eve? Should we not empathize and sympathize with others?

Does our soul not become dimmer the more we are jaded and the more we lose hope? We crave brightness and a reenergized spirit. We seek not just resuscitation of our lives, but the resurrection of our lives from earth to heaven.

Coming back to life is not a big deal unless we are able to go back to where we came from. We came from God and we won t be completely fulfilled until we are back with God. Orthodox Christians celebrate Pascha/ Easter as the highest Holy Day not just because Jesus Christ came back from the dead, but also because His Resurrection allows us to go back home to our Creator.

We are temporary aliens in this world.

We seek to make this world heaven until we enter heaven by the Grace of God. God entered our fallen world in order to carry us away from earth and hell into heaven. We can and will go home.

Jesus didn t simply ask us to be good, but instructed us to love each other as He has loved us. He hasn t left us alone in this calling. Just prior to His Ascension Jesus tells His disciples Behold I am with you always

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HC/HC REPORT Rev. Tsetsis Delivers Athenagoras Lecture BROOKLINE, Mass. The Rev. Dr. George Tsetsis, of Geneva, Switzerland, delivered the 2002 annual Patriarch Athenagoras Memorial Lecture at the school on March 26-27.

His lecture topics were Reception of Ecumenism Among the Orthodox Churches, and Orthodoxy and Ecumenical Dialogue: Two Case Studies: Oriental and Roman Catholics.

In his talks, Fr. Tsetsis drew from his broad experience representing the Patriarchate in ecumenical dialogue.

Rev. Tsetsis was born in Istanbul on June 22, 1934. Also educated in Istanbul, he received his Master of Orthodox Theology at the Theological School of Halki in 1960. He received a doctor of theology degree in 1988 from the Faculty of Theology at the University of Thessaloniki.

Rev. Tsetsis was ordained to the diaconate in 1961 and to the priesthood in 1964. In 1971 the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate conferred on him the title of Grand Protopresbyter.

In the years immediately following his graduation from the Theological School of Halki, Rev. Tsetsis joined the administration of the Ecumenical Patriarchate; first as the recording secretary at the General Secretariat of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and then as the archdeacon of the Diocese of Princess Island and director of Diocesan Offices.

Rev. Tsetsis is well known for his ecumenical work on behalf of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. He began his long career in ecumenical work with the post of associate secretary for Orthodox Churches and countries and the Middle East to the World Council of Churches, Commission on Interchurch Aid, Refugee and World Service.

For 15 years he served as the permanent representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the World Council of Churches and since 1991 he has been a member of the Central and Executive Committees of the World Council of Churches.

From 1970 to 1982 and from 1991 to date, he has also been the secretary of the Governing Board of the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at Chambesy, Geneva, Switzerland. He is a citizen of Switzerland and speaks four languages: Greek, French, English, and Turkish.

In these and other positions, Rev. Tsetsis has participated in important inter-Orthodox and ecumenical conferences and meetings around the world. In the framework of his work with the World Council of Churches, he has visited member Churches in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East and the Pacific.

In addition to his inter-Orthodox and ecumenical work for the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Rev. Tsetsis has published over 70 studies and articles on theological, liturgical and ecumenical subjects.

Rev. Tsetsis and his wife, the former Jaqueline Mermoud, have two children.

The Patriarch Athenagoras Lectures are funded under a trust established by George and Crystal Condakes in memory of their father, Peter J. Condakes, patriarchal Archon. The annual lectures, since 1977, bring to campus speakers on worldwide issues of Orthodox concern. Emphasis is on ecumenical and pan-Orthodox topics.

The Lectureship Committee of the Holy Cross Faculty consists of the Rev. Dr. George Papademetriou, chairman, and Rev. Drs. John Chryssavgis and Eugene Pentiuc.

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commentary The High Price of Christian Roots Nine terrified school children under age 16 lined up like criminals right outside our white van on a regular school day.

The machine gun is pointing at them and the heavily armed soldier maintains his finger on the trigger while I hand over their passports to pass this fourth and final checkpoint before entering our Christian village of Taybeh on the West Bank of the Jordan River.

by Dr. Maria C. Khoury

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Never in my 20 years of traveling in and out of this region have I seen the soldiers so frightened and so intense as this current time in the Holy Land. In the back of my mind I was thinking this soldier has absolutely no common sense whatsoever or the violence has scared him so much it has stolen his logic and his common sense from him to treat a mother and children in this dehumanizing way.

I hated to see my three children and my nieces get out of the car and line up one next to the other, shoulder to shoulder like a police line up only three minutes away from our home.

We were so close after such a long and hard school day why can t we pass?

In the beginning I tried to argue with the soldier, are you kidding, why do you want the children to get out of the car? But my children immediately said: Mom, we are used to this, can you please not argue, he has a gun.

The youngest one was shaking so badly she could hardly get out of the van.

Can this type of harsh and cruel treatment continue with civilians in the Holy Land?

We are being denied our very basic rights to move and to just go to school.

The American policy seems to fall short of addressing the root causes of that violence: denial of Palestinian freedom.

We are so grateful the tanks went outside the center of Ramallah. People are feeling it is a blessing not to be prisoners in their own homes. But can t they take their soldiers, armored jeeps and their checkpoints with them and leave the occupied Palestinian territories for once and for all?

The ways the Palestinian towns and villages are cut off from each other are physically and psychologically strangling us.

Many tanks are parked at the outskirts of Ramallah ready to reoccupy the city at

any moment. That military presence is what is so nerve-wracking.

Every single day is a new way to school. Every minute the situation changes in our lives. Sometimes we drive such a long way to get back home after a long and tiring school day just to find a military tank blocking the entrance to an important road that we need.

We have to just turn around and drive the same way back seeking some other dirt road or valley way to make it home. I have totally destroyed all the vehicles that I own because the Israelis have closed the main roads for Palestinians since Sept. 28, 2000.

The back roads are full of rocks, holes and terrible bombs that ruin the bottom of the car. Thus, although the ride from home to school can take a 10 to 15 minutes during peaceful times it has taken up to four hours during the worst violence.

It is clearly not just and not appropriate for Palestinians to be treated like last class citizens on the land of their birth. It is clearly wrong to force us to leave our homes and immigrate as we are continuously humiliated, degraded and demoralized.

Many people are willing to live under Israeli hardships not to leave their land and not to abandon their roots. However, we do have to pay a very high price to maintain our Christian roots.

We open our hearts to Christ to fill us with his love and everlasting hope so that we will not be forced to leave the land of His birth but stay and bear witness in the Name of our Lord.

Christians, Muslims and Jews can live and prosper together because there are enough of us that are not fanatics and just want to raise a generation of children knowing their valuable traditions and roots. Many of us on all sides want the hate and the violence to just stop.

Pray that peace will prevail in this sacred land and make your voices heard in appropriate forums urging the immediate withdrawal of all forms of Israeli military presence from the Palestinian territories.

And knowing our story, glorify God for all the blessings that you have in your life and seek joy in the presence of the Lord.

Dr. Maria Khoury is a graduate of Holy Cross School of Theology and author of Orthodox Christian children s books, who permanently resides in the West Bank.

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Huge Suburban Community Has Much to Offer All Ages

u Telephone donor

The new state-ofthe-art phone system at the Archdiocese donated

by Ted Apostoleris of Ann Arbor, Mich., president and owner of Great Lakes Telecom Inc., has saved the Archdiocese nearly $600,000 in equipment, installation and other costs.

Mr. Apostoleris is a member of St. Nicholas Church in Ann Arbor. He recently was presented with the Medal of St. Paul by Archbishop Demetrios.

u Heart center CEO honored

Deborah Heart and Lung Center President and CEO Spero Margeotes received two honors recently in Greece for his role in expanding Deborah s Children of the World Program.

Margeotes was presented the Honorary Citizen s Medal of Athens by Mayor Dimitris Avramopoulos, and the key to the City of Pireaus from its mayor, Christos Agrapidis.

The Browns Mills, N.J.-based medical center brings children from around the world for free open-heart surgery.

u Distiguished awardee

Illinois State University s Alumni Association honored Andreas A. Paloumpis ( 50, M.S. 53) with its Distinguished Alumni Award at its annual ceremony April 6. Paloumpis is retired president of Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla., and a former professor of zoology and fisheries at ISU. During his presidency, Hillsborough s enrollment doubled to 26,000 students.

u Pharmacy sisters honored

Two Charleston, S.C. sisters who have run their family pharmacy, Tellis Pharmacy, for 50 years have been recognized for their contributions to their city. Alice Tellis Critikos and Vera Tellis received the Three Sisters award from the Committee to Save the City and were featured in a recent issue of the Charleston Post and Courier newspaper. Both are graduates of the Medical College (now university) of South Carolina s College of Pharmacy.

u Writes on street kids

A Greek American journalist, Alexia Lewnes, has recently published a book based on her study of homeless children in New York since 1996. Titled Misplaced: New York City s Street Kids (Xenium Press, New York), she chronicles the lives of five young people who have spent a majority of their time living on the streets. A graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism, and former writer and editor for the United Nations Children s Fund, she has also reported on street kids in Brazil, on international efforts to stop child pornography, and on dozens of other child health and development issues. She currently lives in New York.

u AHI award recipients

American Hellenic Institute recently presented its Hellenic Heritage National Public Service Award to U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey. In addition, AHI presented its Hellenic Heritage Achievement Award to Greek Americans Marilyn Rouvelas, Antonis H. Diamataris, Nadia Weinberg and Christos M. Cotsakos.

he sheer size of Assumption parish, second oldest in the Detroit area, enables the church to offer a wide range of programs and ministries, not only to its members, but also to the greater community.

There s quite a bit of outreach, said Fr. Savas, a 20-year veteran priest who has been the pastor since August 2001. The parish offers an array of classes and activities.

For the senior citizens, there is a calosomatics class, a type of aerobics, and a senior expo held once a year that offers products for senior citizens.

Exhibitors from the Greater Detroit area participate and speakers have included the attorney general of Michigan.

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Overnight field trips are offered for children ages 6 to 15 yrs old. Teenagers 16-18 serve as counselors.

Bible studies are offered twice a month and introductory classes are held for converts and newly married couples.

Another popular ministry for young people is the athletics program. Assumption Church has an athletic department that each year hosts the pan Orthodox Detroit Invitational Basketball Tournament. It attracts some 65 teams from parishes in Michigan, Chicago, Ohio and other states.

The parish also sponsors a golf tournament in June.

Other highly active parish organizations include the Philoptochos, choir, GOYA, the senior citizens organization that

lake, a 490-square-mile body of water between two of the Great Lakes Erie and Huron. Canada lies to the east across the lake. It bustles with shipping activity between lake ports and also offers an array of recreational sites and activities that draw thousands of tourists.

The 1970s was a period of building for the parish. Groundbreaking for the cultural center took place in 1976 and the first services were held in the facility in 1977. Bishop Iakovos of Apameia dedicated the center in 1978.

Meanwhile the new church was under construction and opened its doors in 1983 with Bishop Timothy of Detroit leading the celebration. Archbishop Iakovos consecrated the church in 1989.

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Name: Assumption Greek Orthodox Church Location: St. Clair Shores, Mich.

Diocese: Detroit Size: about 1,200 families Founded: 1930 Clergy: Fr. George Savas (Holy Cross 84); Fr. Tom Michalos, assistant, (Holy Cross 95) Noteworthy: One of the largest parishes, has extensive education programs for youth and senior citizens.

Website: www.goassumption.org email: AorthodoxC@aol.com

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The parish has nautilus equipment meets monthly and a new MOMs group available for the senior citizens exer- to assist and provide outreach to young cise group that meets in the commu- couples with kids and who recently set up nity center every Tuesday and Thurs- a nursery during Liturgy. day. A cardiac patient group from a loAssumption Church s journey to the cal hospital also uses the equipment present began in 1930 in the inner city of regularly.

Detroit by a group of former members of After their exercise sessions, the se- Annunciation Church, the first Greek Orniors have a light lunch at the center, thodox church in the state. Fr. Christopher which one of the priests usually at- Makris was the first pastor of Assumption. tends. It s one of things I A year after being established at enjoy most, said Fr. Hillger and Kercheval streets, the parish Savas about the opporturelocated to Hart Street. Two years later, nity for fellowship with the community purchased a lot at another the group. location and began construction Assumption is of a new building at Beniteau one of the few parand Vernor Highway, which ishes with its own priserved Assumption Church vate school. In 1981, the parfor 19 years. Bishop ish bought an existing elemenKallistos of San Francisco tary school two blocks from the consecrated the church in church and established a certified 1936. school from children in nursery Ten years later through kindergarten. property was purEnrollment is about 300 students chased on Charlevoix ST. CLAIR SHORES and there is always a waiting list, said Avenue in Detroit. A Fr. Savas. Parishioners with children new church was comin the school receive a discount. pleted on the site in Assumption s Nursery School 1953. and Toddler Center, established in Assumption s longest serving priest 1977, and features a developmental whose legacy is the present-day progresprogram for children ages 12 months sive community and its extensive programs to 2½ years. is Fr. Demetrios Kavadas, who arrived in In addition, the parish provides March 1962 and retired last Aug. 15. In adchildcare from 6:30-8:30 a.m. week- dition to serving the St. Clair Shores pardays for working mothers. ish, Fr. Kavadas also served in various key The facilities include spacious positions at the Diocese and Archdioceseplaygrounds and full-size gym. Sum- levels in the area of religious education. mer programs also are available.

Since the early 1930s, Assumption KOIMESIS Summer Day Camp is held parish relocated four times to various parts in early August. of the city before moving to a 10-acre site Other educational programs in- in the affluent suburbs of St. Clair Shores/ clude computer classes, and classes in Grosse Pointe, northeast of Downtown in creative dance, cooking and creative the 1970s. (interestingly on Marter Road) music, and programs in Orthodox Life, St. Clair Shores (pop. about 61,500) arts and crafts, and Greek culture. lies on the western shore of its namesake

The parish continued to flourish in the 1990s. With the success of the stewardship program, the Greek festival was ended a few years ago. Additional church revenue now comes from fees for use of the cultural center and classes, especially from outside sources.

The school is self-supporting.

Fr. Savas inherited a thriving community from Fr. Kavadas, and he credits his early training at Annunciation Cathedral in Atlanta under then Fr. Homer P. Goumenis in preparing him for the task of leading Assumption Church.

I wouldn t have been able to do what I m doing if it wasn t for the training I received from the proistameno who took the time to lead me, Fr. Goumenis of his Atlanta cathedral. It all came back and now I m teaching an assistant; that s important.

Fr. Michalos, a native of Michigan who had previously served at the Ecumenical Patriarchate as a deacon, was ordained to the priesthood in February. He and Fr. Savas divide the responsibilities of each parish ministry, such as hospital visitations, between them so they both serve all programs of the community.

Assumption includes a large native Greek constituency representing various regions of Greece, a majority of American born second, third and fourth generation Greek Orthodox, many intermarriages and converts to the faith.

There s a lot of ways to plug into the community, said Fr. Savas. The challenge is to take these programs and balance them with the influence of the church. Our mission is to preach the word, to take that and integrate it into the mission of the parish. compiled by Jim Golding

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Religious Education

Peter, Paul and Mary:The Power of Spiritual Lamentation!

uman tears have recently become the focus of intense scientific research. While tears are shed for a number of reasons - sorrow, joy, pain experimentation has discovered that their chemical makeup is not identical! Tears shed while peeling onions are, for example, almost totally made up of H2O. Tears of sorrow, on the other hand, contain bodily toxic waste and are considered by most physicians as a necessary vehicle for psychosomatic catharsis.

by Fr. Frank Marangos

Perhaps this is why Holy Scripture has always insisted that those who mourn are blessed and shall be comforted (Matt.

5:4) and those that sow in tears will reap in joy (Psalm 126:5). The following Persian myth both typifies this biblical understanding and best describes the important role that such tears play in our Orthodox understanding of salvation.

In Persian mythology, an elf that has been excluded from Heaven is called a Peri. In his famous myth entitled Paradise and the Peri, the poet Hood relates the story of a certain peri who received the promise of being re-admitted to Heaven if she could bring back from earth that which was most precious to God. First, the Peri returns with the last drop of a dying patriot s blood. It was not the treasure. Next the little elf lays before God s Throne the kiss from the brow of a dying lover. This, too, was not sufficient.

Finally, the Peri seized a tear rolling down the face of a repentant man. The Peri was immediately admitted to Heaven.

Tears of repentance are indeed most precious to our heavenly father who delights in the spiritual return of His prodigal children (Luke 8). It is not necessary for us to mourn, however, as long as the Bridegroom is present. Nevertheless, the day will come, insists Jesus, when the Bridegroom will be taken away and those who will acknowledge their sinfulness will mourn and fast (Matt. 9:15).

During Great Lent, therefore, the Church affords us a valuable opportunity to experience the redemptive ointment associated with such tears of personal repentance. The hymnology through Great

Lent is replete with theological images concerning weeping and tears.

From the initial start of the Triodion, tears are the gift for which we, the penitent children of God, request.

Great is the power of tears, insists one of the hymns of the Vespers of the Publican and Pharisee. Let us emulate the weeping Publican, invites yet another canticle, that we might too receive forgiveness.

Likewise, during the Vespers offered in honor of the Prodigal Son, the faithful are encouraged to cry out with tears and like the Prodigal thus return to our Father.

Let us, however, not weep in vain cautions an important hymn heard during the Sunday of Judgment, with those who shall in the final day stand before the Lord s judgment seat.

Rather, let us engender a daily remembrance of that terrible day of judgment.

Only in this way will we cultivate a spiritual disposition of weeping and lamentation that will grant us the possibility to be pure in that hour of trial.

Let us therefore, keep the Fast, insists a hymn selected from the next Sunday of Great Lent, namely the Sunday of Forgiveness, by our tears, contrition and almsgiving. Only in this fashion will our Lenten fasting be of eternal benefit when we approach it primarily as a means of shedding tears of genuine repentance.

In this way, insists yet another hymn, it is possible that our tears may be a Siloam - miraculous waters - by which the eyes of our hearts are cleansed and our minds behold the pre-eternal light.

Herein lies the essence of true Lenten fasting when we begin to seriously reflect upon the areas of our prodigal life wherein we have departed from the presence of the Eternal Bridegroom.

As we have seen, the hymns sung during the inspiring forty-day liturgical period of Great Lent assist us to reflect upon our sinfulness. Holy Week intensifies this Lenten introspection by creating the necessary mood wherein we may actually mourn the absence of the Bridegroom from our personal and interpersonal lives.

Serve God with tears, exhorts St. John Chrysostom, that we might be able to

wash away our sins.

As we prepare to enter this liturgical arena of spiritual growth, therefore, let us do so by first examining the melody of tears of three of its most important characters - Peter, Paul and Mary.

Holy Tuesday evening is dedicated to the memory of Mary, the sinful woman, who washed our Lord s feet with her tears (John 12:17-50). No other evening, with perhaps the exception of Holy Friday receives as much popular attention as Holy Tuesday during whose worship service the famous hymn of Kassiani is sung.

How many of us are able to hear the words of this most powerful hymn and not shed tears of repentance? Indeed, we too, if we are truthful, are as sinful as Mary.

Unlike her, however, several of the evening s hymns attest to the unfortunate reality that many of us approach Christ without following the example of this most penitent woman. Never has it been heard, insists St. Symeon the New Theologian, that without tears a soul that has sinned after baptism has been cleansed.

Holy Tuesday should, therefore, alert us to our own spiritual harlotry wherein we have forsaken our Eternal Bridegroom.

Indeed there is a need for us to spiritually wash our Lord s feet with our tears and to once again betroth ourselves to Him.

Peter

The next individual included within our examination of Holy Week s melody of tears is the Apostle Peter. Apart from liturgically commemorating our Lord s betrayal and Crucifixion, Holy Thursday recalls the three-fold denial of Christ by this most passionate man.

Although Peter had vowed allegiance unto death merely a few hours previous to Christ s arrest, he nonetheless denied Him three times in one evening (Matt.

26:33-75). Having been warned by Jesus of these denials, Peter nonetheless capitulates to his fears and tragically realizes Christ s three-fold prophecy.

The most famous of Peter s denials took place just prior to the morning cockcrow (Matt. 75-75).

Whereas numerous hymns of Holy Thursday concern themselves with this event, a word of clarification is needed.

There is a regulation in Jewish law that prohibits the presence of cocks and hens in the Holy City of Jerusalem, because they are unclean and therefore defile Holy things.

It may well be, therefore, that the famous cock-crow associated with Peter s third denial was not in fact the voice of an actual bird.

Rather, it is more likely that what Peter heard was the sound of a Roman trumpet. The phrase cock-crow is a literal translation of the Roman military term gallicinium, which refers to a trumpet call that sounds the changing of the guard at 3 a.m.

As it was impossible to see, not to mention hear, a cock crow in the Holy City, Peter might have initially laughed at Jesus absurd prediction of his denial.

However, after hearing the gallicinium, Peter must have only then understood the true nature of His Lord s prophecy and thereupon went away to weep and reflect upon his arrogance (Matt. 26:75).

As we prepare to participate in the worship service of Holy Thursday, it might be beneficial for us to likewise reflect upon our own galliciniums - the moments wherein we, like Peter, deny our sloganeered soap-box commitments to Christ and to His Church.

Although we, too, might consider ourselves ever loyal to Christ, let us walk humbly lest we fall! If while we fast we are

proud, cautions St. John Chrysostom, we have not only profited nothing but even been injured.

The time has come for us to deepen our understanding of the Lenten fast as much more than a childish ride upon a dietary merry-go-round. Let us heed the warnings of our Church Fathers and use the spiritual exercise of fasting for that which it was intended - as an opportunity to humbly confess, like the Apostle Peter, our arrogant personal assessments.

If we, too, can weep over our galliciniums, our Lord will indeed honor our tears of repentance and grant us a vision of His Glorious Resurrection!

Paul

Our Lenten examination of Holy Week s melody of tears is not complete without finally listening to the melodious voice of St. Paul s description of his own season of tears and fasting (Acts 9:1-19).

Blinded by a vision of Christ while on the road to Damascus, Holy Scripture informs us that Paul s eyesight did not return until Ananias visitation.

Prior to regaining his sight, writes St. Luke, something like scales fell from Paul s eyes after Ananias touched them (Acts 9:18).

It is this writer s conviction these scales are again the inner tears of repentance, which must be shed in order for us to accept a new vision for our lives. Having been the arch-persecutor of Christians, Paul s conversion, his new vision, would out of necessity include such tears of repentance.

St. Paul s later writings included in Holy Scripture attest to the necessity of tears of repentance. His second letter to the church in Corinth best describes how beneficial tears and sorrow are.

I rejoice, Paul writes that you were made sorrowful for the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces repentance leading to salvation. (2 Cor. 7:9-10) This, as we have already seen, is the essence of Holy Week s melody of tears.

Originally, the annual preparation for Holy Baptism, Holy Week is now our opportunity to re-dedicate ourselves to the cleansing sacrament of our infancy.

By following the example of St. Paul, we too might experience the life-changing waters of our eyes which according to St. Gregory of Nazianzen, is understood as a fifth baptism, received by those who wash their bed every night with their tears.

Holy Week is the liturgical overture of Great Lent. If we listen attentively, we cannot but hear its melody of tears swelling from within the rich hymnology dedicated to the lives of Peter, Paul and Mary.

As we encounter these hymns, let us reflect upon our own lives, open the wells of our sinful hearts and allow them to overflow with tears of repentance, not with tears shed while preparing onions for our Paschal meals, nor with the sentimentality of viewing our Lord s Passion as a theatrical drama, but with tears that contain the toxic waste of our souls, tears shed in honest confession of our sinfulness and arrogance, our denials and spiritual harlotries, our persecutions and spiritual blindness.

May our loving Lord accept our contemporary tears as He accepted the ancient repentance of Peter, Paul and Mary.

May we join them within the eternal melody of tears which concludes as we chant before the empty Tomb of Christ the season of lamentation has come to an end weep not but announce the Resurrection!

The Rev. Dr. Frank Marangos is director of Department of Religious Education

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The Foundation became known as the Barbara Ann Karamanos Cancer Institute through the generosity of Peter Karamanos, another member of the St. Nicholas community. Christine Korona, Philoptochos president in 1997 knew how important her yiayia, Helen Lionas, considered the previous project so current members found a new way to help.

Race for the Cure, a major citywide fund-raiser required application processing, packet assembly and volunteers for the event.

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It did not matter that some did not speak English well, they could sew beautifully. It did not matter to these immigrant ladies that the recipients were not Greek Orthodox, the dread disease caused universal suffering.

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ASBURY PARK, N.J. St. George Philoptochos chapter recently made a donation to St. Basil Academy and has been

preparing for its annual Palm Sunday tsoureki, spanakopita and koulouraki sale, a major fund-raising activity. Funds from the event are used to support local social service needs. The ladies also honored past President Crystal Aridas with a luncheon.

BALTIMORE St. Demetrios Ladies Philoptochos conducted a bone marrow screening on April 14 and their annual luncheon on April 21. The chapter will make its annual scholarship donation and host a graduation reception May 19.

The local ladies participate in several outreach programs, including hospital visitations, Ronald McDonald House visitations, and donations to Baltimore County Social Services, Community Action Projects, the Beans and Bread ministry, and Baltimore City Rescue Mission.

WYCKOFF, N.J. St. Nicholas Philoptochos ladies recently donated more than $10,000 to local and national charities, including St. Michael s Home, the Greek Children s Cancer Fund, St. Basil Academy, Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross and the Interfaith Religious Fellowship for the Homeless. The chapter also has pledged $15,000 toward the community s building expansion campaign.

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SEPTEMBER 11TH RELIEF FUND DONORS Below is a list of donors to the Archdiocese s September 11th Relief Fund who donated funds between the period Oct. 25, 2001 and March 31, 2002. Also included in the list below are various donors who donated prior to October 25, 2001 and were not listed in the Special Edition September 11 issue of the Orthodox Observer. We thank all of you for your generosity and thoughtfulness.

Aamodt Peter & Karen - Park Hills, KY Aetea A.E. Maris Hotel - Athens, GREECE Agia Anna Philoptochos Society SS Constantine & Helen Church - Riva, MD Alex Christy - Attorney at Law Portland, OR Alexander Peter - Madison Heights, MI Alexander & Angelas PC - Southfield, MI Alexopulos Elizabeth & James - Annapolis, MD Alexoudis Mary - Port Richey, FL Ambrose Robert A. - New York, NY Anagnos Irene & William - Wilkes Barre, PA Anastos Takis & Harriet - Debary, FL Andersen Foundation - Chicago, IL Andronikos AC & Nikos - Portland, OR Androulakis Eleni Chula Vista, CA Anestes Athena - Olyphant, PA Angelis Dimitrios G. - Worcester, MA Angelo H & Henry - Coral Gables, FL Angleton James & Penelope - Bal Harbour, FL Annapolis Junior GOYA St. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church - Annapolis, MD Annunciation Cathedral - Columbus, OH Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral - Norfolk, VA Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church - Sacramento, CA Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church - Stamford, CT Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church - N Miami, FL Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church - Pensacola, FL Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church - Kansas City, MO Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church - Dover, NH Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church - New York, NY Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Elkins Park, PA Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church - York, PA Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church - Cranston, RI Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church - Junior GOYA - Stamford, CT Antonis Gus & Helen - Lake Oswego, OR Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church - Roslyn Heights, NY Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church - Campbell, OH Archangels Greek Orthodox Church Stamford, CT Argires Tom & Mabel - Palos Hills, IL Arthur Andersen LLP Foundation - Chicago, IL Arvanites Aspasia & Alice - Newbury, MA Ascension Greek Orthodox Church - Youth Ministry Lincolnshire, IL Ascension of our Lord Greek Orthodox Church Philoptochos Society - Lincolnshire, IL Aspromatis John C. - Dix Hills, NY Association Laconon, Inc. - Flushing, NY Assumption Greek Orthodox Cathedral - Denver, CO Assumption Greek Orthodox Church - Scottsdale, AZ Assumption Greek Orthodox Church - Danbury, CT Assumption Greek Orthodox Church - Chicago, IL Assumption Greek Orthodox Church - East Moline, IL Assumption Greek Orthodox Church - Ipswich, MA Assumption Greek Orthodox Church - Bayard, NE Assumption Greek Orthodox Church Pawtucket, RI Assumption Greek Orthodox Church - Seattle, WA Assumption Greek Orthodox Church - Madison, WI Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church - Long Beach, CA Athanassiou Nicholas - Framingham, MA Atlantic Bank of New York - New York, NY Attard Louis & Vivian - Anaheim Hills, CA Avellone Richard L. - Phoenix, AZ AXA Foundation (Matching Gift on behalf of Eugene Rossi, Warren, OH) - New York, NY Axiotis Bill & Carrie - Warren, OH Bachauer Maria - Philadelphia, PA Ballis Kriss - Gresham, OR Bandini Gerard T. - Manhasset Hills, NY Barbagallo John - New York, NY Barbas E.A. - Seattle, WA Barris Peter - McLean, VA Basil Elenie - Amherst, NY Basil Kaloyanides Trust - Lexington, MA Bass Elvera - Lake Oswego, OR Baxevanis Andreas - North Bethesda, MD Beatt Mark E. - New York, NY Belesiu Tom & Georgia Portland, OR Bigelow Mark G. - Phoenix, AZ Bilirakis Mike - Tarpon Springs, FL Bill T Grant Trustee - Portland, OR Bobotas Stephen & Laurie - Bedford, NH Bolos John G. - Mineola, NY Boltinghouse Susan T. - Long Beach, CA Borzeka John & Chrysanthe - Randolph, NJ Boulukos Pipina - Lindenhurst, NY Boyer Maria - Portland, OR Brady Michael F. - Pensacola, FL Brotherhood Stenomatioton of America - Greensville, SC Bubulya Steve - Madison Heights, MI Cafaro Anthony - Youngstown, OH Canaris Cleo - Montclair, NJ Caplanson Calliopi - Bayside, NY Caris Christine - Clearwater, FL Carroll Stephen & Helen - Timonium, MD Carros & Keroack Virginia & Elizabeth - Manchester, NH Cassudakis Susan & Nicholas - Canfield, OH Cassudakis George & Dorothy - Warren, OH Cathopoulis Maryann S. - Scottsdale, AZ Caviris Xenophon - Old Bethpage, NY Chaddon Helen Eirini - Orlando, FL Chagaris Gus & Helen - Stamford, CT Chelemes Chris J. - Clearfield, UT Cherpelis Stephen - Douglaston, NY Chiakulas Thomas & Constance - Des Plaines, IL Chicago Sisterhood of Presvyteres - Jane Andrews - St. Paul, MN Chioles George J. - Nundelein, IL Chrampanis Mary - Staten Island, NY Christ the Savior Orthodox Church - Rockford, IL Christakis Michael - Albany, NY Christian William & Sophie - Tustin, CA Christie Peter A. - Malverne, NY Christofides Constantine & Roseann - Pen Argyl, PA Christopher Artemis - Astoria, NY Christopoulos Peter & Tessie - Edison, NJ Chrones James & Jeffery - Northbrook, IL Chronis Mark - WinstonSalem, NC Chryssis George - Weston, MA Church of our Saviour GOYA - Rye, NY Cladianos Pete, Jr. - Reno, NV Coastal Oncology & Hematology - New Bern, NC Coca-Cola Company - Athens, GREECE Colitsas James - E. Brunswick, NJ Colovas William & Betty - Austin, TX Condiles Eugenia - Flushing, NY Condoleon John & Evelyn - Warren, OH Condoleon Michael & Christina - Warren, OH Condolios Virginia & James - Belle Harbor, NY Constantine Cassis Chapter #170 Order of AHEPA - Hempstead, NY Cosgriff Laurie - Portland, OR Costacos Jerry & Eva - Seattle, WA Costalas Mollie - West Hempstead, NY Costaras James - Beechhurst, NY Cote Richard & Katherine - Fullerton, CA Couclelis Helen - Santa Barbara, CA Coukos Harry L. - New Port Richey, FL Coumantaros George & Sophie - New York, NY Country Color Floral - Francesville, IN Covelli Sam & Caryn Warren, OH Coyne - barrington, IL Crandell Malcolm S. - New Port Richey, FL Culver Mary K. Glendale, AZ Dambriunas Elizabeth - Larchmont, NY Damon Peter & Angeleke - New Carrollton, MD Daniskas Efthymios & Athanasia - Montclair, NJ Dariotis Konstantina Dina - Washington, DC Daughters of Penelope Hermes Chapter 41 Bridgeport CT - Bridgeport, CT Davis James E. - Chandler, AZ Davis Martin & Deborah - Oak Ridge, TN DeGrazia Robert & Marianthy - South Park, PA Dellas George & Calliope - Methuen, MA Delphi Club St. Nicholas Greel Orthodox Church - Corpus Christie, TX Demakes Lula - Houston, TX Demas Stephanie - Astoria, NY Demetralis John Springfield, IL Demetriadis Alex & Joan - San Marcos, TX Dennis Andrew - Wantagh, NY DeSent Doreen & Brad - Glenview, IL Deurlein Richard & Melanie - East Stroudsberg, PA Diamantas Kay Andover, MA Diamond Mari Lou & Michael - Lake Oswego, OR Didier Carol - Jacksonville, FL Dileo-Millas Diane - Naugatuck, CT Dimitriou Jerome & Betty - Greenlawn, NY Dimopoulos John & Fofo - Beltsville, MD Diocese of Boston Philoptochos - Brookline, MA Dipesa Elizabeth - Milton, MA Donus Bob - Springfield Garde, NY Dorman Nici - Austin, TX Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church - Greensboro, NC Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church - Somerville, MA Douras Irene - Elk Grove Village, IL Dovalis John E. - Chandler, AZ Dracopoulos Eleni - New York, NY Drago Kay V. - Bellflower, CA Drivas Hermea - Garden City, NY Drougas Gloria Portland, OR Economus Judge Peter - Youngstown, OH Economus Dan - Beavertown, OR Egerter Penelope - Oak Park, IL Elliot Ronda & Steve - Overland Park, KS Erlandson & Joannides DS & KM - Beavertown, OR Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church - Easton, PA Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church - Farrell, PA Evangelismos of Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church - Philadelphia, PA Exarhos Betty - Beechhurst, NY Fischer Elliot H. - Garden City, NY Fitch Hugh & Maxine - Burton, MI Flangos Maria - Scottsdale, AZ Flegas Bill - Brookline, MA Flessas Penelope & William Brookline, MA Flokas Dena Elaine - Torrance, CA Fokas Alex - Fairbanks, AK Fotiadis Georgios Norwalk, CT Gabriel Dr. Michael - Brooklyn, NY Gabriel, Jr. James - Centerport, NY Gabrielian Leon & Sylva - Orange, CA Gallas James - Brecksville, OH Ganas Christopher G. - Chicago, IL Gardner Michael & Dina - Prairie Village, KS Garguilo Robert & Georgia - Morristown, NY Gaskill Gary & Diana - Greenwood, MO Gatanas Sophia - Little Neck, NY Georgantas Lea - Rochester, NY George Dianna - Portland, OR Germanakos K. - Elmont, NY Gianaca Stephen - Franklin Square, NY Gill Ann - Jackson Heights, NY Glezakos Agathi - Huntington Beach, CA Gnafakis Steve - Watsonia, Victoria Goasdoue Aspasia & Marcel - Riverdale, NY Goiourgalis Perry & Peggy - Warren, OH Goldberg & Cohen LLP - Brooklyn, NY Goldfarb James & Ronda - Orange, OH Golemis & Grant Emmanuel & Pod Bill T. - Portland, OR Gonos Bessie Vassal - Downey, CA Gorny Norman & Bonnie - Portland, OR Govostes D. James & Stella - Milford, MA Goyette Arthur R. - Burlington, VT Graham James & Eugenia - Warren, OH Gramenelles Peter & Laura - Framingham, MA Grampsas Katherine - Kansas City, MO Greek Community of Allegheny County, St. Nicholas Cathedral - Pittsburgh, PA Greek Community of St. Nicholas - Clinton, MA Greek Ladies Philoptochos Society Pittsfield, MA Greek Ladies Philoptochos Society St. George Greek Orthodox Church - Asbury Park, NJ Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity - New York, NY Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Paul/Dept. of Religious Education - Hempstead, NY Greek Orthodox Church of the Ressurection - Glen Cove, NY Greek Orthodox Community - Worchester, MA Greek Orthodox Community Holy Trinity Cathedral - New Orleans, LA Greek Orthodox Community in Woburn Inc Woburn, MA Greek Orthodox Community of Bergen County - Wyckoff, NJ Greek Orthodox Community of Oregon - Portland, OR Greek Orthodox Community of Saint Demetrios - Daytona Beach, FL Greek Orthodox Community Sts Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Chu - Fayetteville, NC Greek Orthodox Diocese of Detroit - Detroit, MI Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society Holmdel, NJ Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society - New York, NY Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society Chapter # 6034 - Apollo, PA Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society of St. Gregory - Mansfield, MA Greek Orthodox Ladies Society Philoptochos Taxiarchae Church - Watertown,

MA Greek Orthodox Youth of America - New Orleans, LA Greenberg Marv - Bristol, VT Grosinski Fotina - Garden City Park, NY Hajimihalis Melissa - Greenville, NC Halas Michael & Irene Stroudsburg, PA Hall Stephen & Nancy - Upper Marlboro, MD Hambos John - Columbia, NJ Handras Stephen & Dena & Penny - New Bern, NC Hann Steven & Patricia - Galloway, NJ Happel Virginia M. - Clearwater, FL Haralampopoulos George - Madison Heights, MI Harris Harry - Madison Heights, MI Harry s Market & Grill - Powell, TN Hatzis George N. - Port Richey, FL Hedgis Nicholas - Valley Stream, NY Hedin Lowell A. - Crofton, MD Helen Melonas Trustee - Portland, OR Hellenic Association of Boston - Brookline, MA Hellenic College - Brookline, MA Hellenic Community of Columbia - Colombia, SC Hellenic Cultural Society - Dover, NJ Hellenic Mothers Club Cincinnati, OH Hellenic Orthodox Community - Cambridge, MA Hellenic Orthodox Community Inc. - Haverhill, MA Hellenic Orthodox Community of St. Eleftherios, Inc - New York, NY Hellenic Orthodox Community of Westchester County - New Rochelle, NY Hellenic Womens Club of North Shore - Manhasset, NY Hercha & Mellin Helen & Faith - Anchorage, AK Herndon Natalie Cox Jackson, MS Herrington Christa - Austin, TX Hilas Nicholas & Maria - Short Hills, NJ Hilas John & Mary - Warren, OH Hilas Nick & Kalliopi - Warren, OH Hileman Dawn - Vienna, OH Himonidis Helen - Jamaica, NY Hionis Dr. Marino - Bratenahl, OH Hitt James & Mary - Austin, TX Hoff Gary & Jan - Vienna, OH Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church - Westchester, IL Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church - Belmont, CA Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church - Stroudsburg, PA Holy Mother of God Greek Orthodox Church - Talahassee, FL Holy Taxiarchai - St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church - Niles, IL Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church - Anchorage, AK Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church - Marietta, GA Holy Trinity & St. John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church - Jackson, MS Holy Trinity Cathedral - Phoenix, AR Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral - Charlotte, NC Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - San Francisco, CA Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Bridgeport, CT Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Norwich, CT Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Clearwater, FL Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Port Charlotte, FL Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Holyoke, MA Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Lewiston, ME Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Raleigh, NC Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Westfield, NJ Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Westfield, NJ Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Steubenville, OH Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Charleston, SC Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Dallas, TX Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Fond Du Lac, WI Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Philoptochos - Bluff City, TN Holy Trinity Philanthropy Fund - Fitchburg, MA Hunt Helen C. - Hudson, FL Ingram Micro Philanthropic - Miami, FL Ioannidis Constance - Brooklyn, NY J and P Styling - Burlington, WI Jacovatos Kitsa - Flushing, NY JC Penney Employees - New York, NY Jennie X. Reimann Trust - Tigard, OR Jiries Irene B. - Mt. Prospect, IL Johnson Brad - Manhattan, KS Jones Constantine & Georgia - Rockville, MD Jones Christine Portland, OR Kaady Stan and Linda - Powder Springs, GA Kakavas & Cutsumpas Vasiliki & Nicolletta - Danbury, CT Kakoliris Lula - Birmingham, AL Kales & Nieto Stephen & Ana - Brookline, MA Kalfas John - Baldwin, NY Kalis Helen & Russell - Fairfield, CA Kalivas Aristides & Marlene - Green River, WY Kallinikos Funeral Services, Inc. - Oceanside, NY Kalogiannidis Thanos - Thessaloniki, GR Kaloidis Parochial School - Brooklyn, NY Kalpaxis Rev George E - Baltimore, ME Kaltsidis Peter & Merope - New York, NY Kalymnos Society Inc - Astoria, NY Kanakos Pauline - North Valley Stre, NY Kanaras Helen - Drexel Hill, PA Kanaras-Cade EG - Broomall, PA Kanes George & Anna - Jamaica Estates, NY Kapogianis Konstantinos & Dimitra - Fullerton, CA Kapp Brian - Frederick, MD Karadimas Terri & Spiro - North Potomac, MD Karafotias Nicholas - Skokie, IL Karafotias & Stathis Koula & Merle - Portland, OR Karagias Demitri & Helen - Deal, NJ Karides Constantine - New York, NY Karl David & Dianne - Warren, OH Kartsonis Jessie Edith - Lees Summit, MO Karussos Michael & Elaine - Portland, OR Karwick Gus - New Hyde Park, NY Kassimatis Lena - Franklin Square, NY Katsoulis Elias - Greenville, NC Katy G s Flowers - Long Beach, CA Kiapos Lea - Garden Grove, CA Kikes Gus & Gloria - Beaverton, OR Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church - Holmdel, NJ Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church - Southampton, NY Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church - Racine, WI Kithas Stephen & Vasiliki - Astoria, NY Kitsakos Charles - Weston, FL Kiwi Robert & Merle - Shaker Heights, OH Klaras Patricia - Austin, TX Klostri Constantinos - New York, NY Kolias James & Ruth - Portland, OR Kondolios Pete & Debbie - Warren, OH Kondolios James - Warren, OH Kondolis James & Georgette - Warren, OH Konstantinidis George - Dunedin, FL Kontinos Arthur - Ft. Myers,, FL Kontos Lana M. - Warren, OH Kontos George & Peggy Warren, OH Kontos Peter & Marisa - Warren, OH Koraes Student Council Fund - Palos Hills, IL Kotrotsios Mary Homer - Pawling, NY Kotsakis Alexandra - Westchester, IL Kotsatos George & Barbara - Warren, OH Kotsianas D.D.S. James F. - Knoxville, TN Koulianos George & Despina Molbile, AL Kounios Stavroula - W. Hempstead, NY Kourant Jerry & Koula - Birmingham, AL Kourepinos Antonia - Levittown, NY Kouroupakis Haralambos & Ioanna - Kings Park, NY Kousoubris Philip - Penn Valley, PA Koutavas Despina - Pittsburgh, PA Koutlas Theodore - Greenville, NC Koutsis - Quincy, MA Koutsounadis George - Warren, OH Kraras Gust C. - Wyomissing Hills, PA Kriara Gus & Sophie - Portland, OR Ktistakis John & Kathleen - Glen Cove, NY Kuptsis Athanasia West Hempstead, NY Laconian Society Licourgos - Brooklyn, OH Ladies Philoptochos Society Wilkes-Barre, PA Ladies Philoptochos Society Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Roanoke, VA Ladies Philoptochos Society Kassiani of Sts. Constantine & Helen - Wauwatosa, WI Ladies Philoptochos Society of St Eleftherio - New York, NY Laloudakis Dimitrios - Phoenix, AZ Lambrakis Spiro - Los Alamitos, CA Lampus Helen - Portland, OR Langis Dean - Irvine, CA Larison Daniel - Chicago, IL Leady Jamie - Seattle, WA Leavitt Craig R. - Chandler, AZ Lekas Greg, Chris, Anastasia & Bes Beavertown, OR Lekas James - Portland, OR Lekkas George & Linda - El Paso, TX Leondis Joseph - Garden City, NY Letson, Griffith, Woodall, Lavelle & Rosenberg Co., LPA - Warren, OH Liakaris Louis & Peggy - Warren, OH Liakaris George & Kelly - Warren, OH Liapes Georgia - Portland, OR Liapes Joan - Portland, OR Limperis Chris - Elmhurst, IL Limperis Linda & James - Seekonk, MA Limperos Anthony & Pamela - Warren, OH Lindiakos Fotios - Hudson, FL Lingas Catherine - Portland, OR Lingas Dr. John - Portland, OR Liponis Bessie - Andover, MA Livanos Mike - Madison Heights, MI Lix Sandra L. - Mesa, AZ Loral Space Com Corp - New York, NY Lotkowictz Lynn Redington, FL Low Russell & Carolyn - La Jolla, CA Lucas Lucia M. - Oceanside, NY Lynch Joanna - Flushing, NY Lyriotakis Demosthenes M. - Great Neck, NY Macheras Bette - Jamaica Plain, MA Macris SJ - Wilmington, NC Madias Diamantis - Uniondale, NY Maduros Fannie - Kansas City, MO Magalios Nicholas - Massapequa, NY Maglaras Angelica & George - Astoria, NY Magoulias Fr. Nicholas J. - Garden City, NY Makrogianis Nancy & John - Middletown, CT Malaxos Harry - Mineola, NY Maldonado manuel - grand blanc, MI Maletis Edward & Cynthia - Portland, OR Malevitis Louis G. - Oak Brook, IL Maliangos Nicoletta - Levittown, NY Mallos Samuel - Renton, WA Manios Franklin & Mary - Warren, OH Mantis Ted - Madison Heights, MI Mantos Dimitrios & Elenie - Warren, OH Manuel Chrystostom & Amphitrire - Fayetteville, NC Manuel Penelope - Portland, OR Marcopoulos George J. - Medford, MA Margos J Fotini - Cedar Park, TX Mark Antoinette & Costas - Warren, OH Markos Anthony & Pamela - Lockport, IL Marlas Helen - Iowa City, IA Marousis Stathia - Brick, NJ Martin Ann & Megan - Manhattan Beach, CA Maryol Alex - Santa Fe, NM Massuri Derrick - Youngstown, OH Mastromichalis Mike - Charlotte, NC Matandos Catherine - Houston, TX Mathrusse John G. - Los Altos, CA Matthews Dr Katherine - Lindenhurst, NY Mavroides John - Okeechobee, FL Mazzucchelli Fedele - Glyfada, GR McClain Mary & David - Overland Park, KS Mehas Ann Portland, OR Meimaridis Stavros E. M.D. - Columbus, OH Melrose James C. - Dallas, TX Mermigis & Frangoulis Betsy & Ann - Kansas City, MO MFP Financial Services, Inc. - Dunedin, FL Mihalopoulos Frank & Catie - Northridge, CA Milatos Mary Nickolas - Long Beach, CA Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP - New York, NY Miliotes Elaine - Maitland, FL Mitchell Tsampica - Franklin Square, NY Mitilineos Jeanne - Brooklyn, NY Monk s Stable - Portland, OR Moody David & Elaine - Peabody, MA Moody Jeff & Debbie - Warren, OH Moonis Tom - Woodbury, NY Moraitis Ierotheos & Eleni - Staten Island, NY Morros Demetrius K. - Birmingham, AL Moussa Wagih & Marcelle - Overland Park, KS Moussas Eleftherios - Alexandria, VA Mr. & Mrs. Club of St. Paul s - Hempstead, NY Murray Lisa A. - Merrick, NY Myrophoroi Philoptochos Society of St. George - Philadelphia, PA Nako Eleni - West Hartford, CT Nardini Robert F. - Chichester, NH Nativity GOYA - Ignacio, CA Nativity of Christ Greek Orthodox Church - Ignacio, CA Niamonitakis Mike - Brooklyn, NY Nicolakis Theodore - New York, NY Nikolaides Dean - Warren, OH Nikolakopoulos Maria & Georgeos - Lynn, MA Nikolakopoulos & Stasinos Dimitra & Christos - Salem, MA Ninos Adrienne - El Paso, TX Notos Nick W - Portland, OR Num Richard - Burnside, SA Ocnos Dorothea - Framingham, MA Order of AHEPA Chapter No 346 - Knoxville, TN Orf Robert A. - Lebanon, NH Orthodox Christian Mission of Greenville - San Antonio, TX Pagalidis Eugenia - Placentia, CA Palassis Michael - Dalkeith, WA Paleudis Thelma & AG - Fallmadge, OH Pallis Michael - Hurricane, WV Palumbis Pete & Mimi - Lake Oswego, OR Pan Ionian Society of Pittsburgh c/o Vondas Communications - Pittsburgh, PA Panagopoulos Joanne - Stockton, CA Panas Aristidis & Stylliani - Corona, NY Pangares Chris & Nancee - Beavertown, OR Pangares Catherine - Lake Oswego, OR Panos John & Christina - Pittsburgh, PA Pantelakos CG - Fayetteville, NC Pantelis Peter - Uniondale, NY Papadatos Vivienne Fort Lee, NJ Papadeas Ely W - New York, NY Papadopoulos Nikiforos & Ruth - Norwalk, CT Papadopoulos Dimitri - New York, NY Papador Nancy - Gresham, OR Papageorge Savas - Danbury, CT Papaioannou Konstantinos P. - Mesa, AZ Papaioannou Chris - Princeton, NJ Papalas Anthony & Francoise - Greenville, NC Papandrew Helen - Brooklyn, NY Papas John & Rebecca - Singapore,

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SEPTEMBER 11TH RELIEF FUND DONORS Pappas George & Esther - Cypress, GA Pappas John - Madison Heights, MI Pappas Nicholas Bethpage, NY Pappas George - Lynbrook, NY Pappas William - Woodbury, NY Pappas Spiros & Harriet - Houston, TX Paraskevaides George - CY-1503 Nicosia, Cyprus Parkes David & Melia Chicago, IL Parnasos Company - Athens, GREECE Parthenon Inc - Washington, DC Patchiavos Dr. Lewis - Cambridge, MA Patides Melinda S. - Hudson, FL Patronis John & Vicky - Atlanta, GA Patsy Buccino DO, Inc - Girard, OH Paul Chris & Edith Rosemary - Calabasas, CA Paul Heather - Charleston, SC Pavlides Thomas - East Rockaway, NY Peck Gallery - Providence, RI Perry Gigi - Overland Park, KS Perry Thomas & Kathleen - Knoxville, TN Peter Corvallis Productions, Inc - Portland, OR Peters L - Westwood, CA Peters Irene P. - Laurelton, NY Petrakos Louis - Prairie Village, KS Philipides Constantine - Berkeley, CA Phillips Kim & Crystal - Warren, OH Pine Brook Jewish Center - Montville, NJ Pitinii Nick & Stella - Warren, OH Pliakas Eustace & Dorothy - Pawtucket, RI Plink Christine M. - Elmhurst, PA Polichronakis Michael - Massapequa, NY Ponchillia Susan Three Rivers, MI Posporelis Thomas G. - Bellmore, NY Possas George - Hicksville, NY Poteres Pete & Eleni - Naperville, IL Presentation of Christ Greek Orthodox Church - East Pittsburgh, PA Preston Katherine & Tim - Santa Ana, CA Propellar Club of Athens, Greece - Athens, Greece Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church - Santa Cruz, CA Prountzos Demetrios & Sophia - Flushing, NY Psarakis Indialantic, FL Psaras Gus - Ossining, NY Psihogios Jennie - Decatur, GA Psihogios Peter & Fifi Lake Oswego, OR Psihountas Gus & Colleen - Troy, MI Pullos Andrea - Ontario, Canada Purdy Lambros Clara - Tenafly, NJ Rabel Frances - Spring, TX Ramos Karen - Overland Park, KS Random Association - Huntington, VT Raptakis Harry - Mineola, NY Religious Offering Fund - Commander Code N7 Naval Training Center - Great Lakes, IL Rempis James & Deborah - Arlington, MA Retired Greek Orthodox Clergy of America - Hollywood, FL Rev. Valasiadis Joakim - West Hempstead, NY Richard A Sly - Attorney at Law - Portland, OR Richards Anthony - Kingwood, TX Rigas Demetrios & Chrysiis - Portland, OR Rios Rita - East Rockaway, NY Robert & Krysek Thais & Thomas - Naples, FL Roberts Libby - Dix Hills, NY Roebas John & Marian - Wayne, PA Roper Maria, Tamara & Thomas J III - Vancouver, WA Rossi Eugene - Warren, OH Rossi Peter & Mary - Warren, OH Rossi E.E. 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hank God, it s the last day of school! No more study ing, no more tests, no more teachers! No more late night practices or rehearsals!

by Anna-Nicole Kyritsis

Wait, no more school also means there will not be any more basketball, soccer, or football games, nor spending lunch with friends. You re missing out on all of that for an entire summer?

Maybe summer vacation is not all that it is cracked up to be. Sure, the books get put back on the shelves for nearly 3 months, but the truth is, school often IS one s social life.

What happens during the summer months when your school friends are nowhere to be found, and playing video games by yourself gets boring? GO TO SUMMER CAMP! Orthodox summer camp is a miraculous place. It has the ability to turn one s summer into something spectacular. Nestled away from society, it is brimming with socially, physically, and spiritually challenging opportunities. Camp provides its campers with the ability to meet and spend time with other campers of their same age and faith.

After two days, you realize that you have grown close to your cabin leaders, and that they have a lot of good advice and experiences to share with you.

The first Arts & Crafts session taught you how to create sand art, and its session leaders are committed to show you how to tie-dye tomorrow.

Perhaps the athletics schedule is a little less rigorous and competitive than you are used to, but when your cabin leader realizes that, he offers to organize a basketball tournament during free time for those interested campers.

The music and culture session has promised to prepare you better for Friday s campfire and Sunday s Divine Liturgy, and by Thursday you suddenly find yourself longing to attend all of the sessions, especially Orthodox Life.

After all, you are finally able to ask all of your questions about Orthodoxy, and discuss topics important to you with seminarians close to you in age and clergy with whom you can identify. You even look forward to the daily worship services, and cannot wait to become an active par-

Summer Camps2002 ARCHDIOCESAN DISTRICT Camp Good Shepherd GOYA (12-18yrs): July 14-20 JOY (7-11): July 21-25 Garrison, New York Contact: George Hazlaris (212) 774-2096 email: haz@goarch.org ATLANTA DIOCESE Cathedral of Atlanta Summer Camp (Ages 4-14 yrs) Week 1: June 3-7 Week 2: June 10-14 Week 3: June 17-21 Atlanta, Georgia Contact: Fr. Michael Eaccarino (404) 633-5870 email: cathedraloffice @atlgoc.org Saint Stephen Summer Camp (7th-12th grades) July 21-27 Hendersonville, NC Contact: Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis (828) 2533754 email: pmarchman@atldiocese.org Various Day Camps, Paula Marchman (404) 634-9345 email: pmarchman@ atldiocese.org BOSTON DIOCESE Boston Diocese Camp (Ages 8-18 yrs) Week 1: July 8-14 Week 2: July 15-21 Week 3: July 22-28 Week 4: July 29-Aug 4 Week 5: Aug 5-11 Contoocook, New Hampshire Contact: Philippe Mousis (617) 277-4742 www.bostondiocese.org CHICAGO DIOCESE Camp Fanari (6th 12th grade) Week 1:

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ticipant in the Divine Liturgy later that week.

Each Orthodox summer camp provides innumerable opportunities for the youth of today. Some structure sessions according to themes, such as, For we walk by faith, not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7).

Others use physical activities, like Capture the Flag to show how teamwork and community are necessary in all things. Another promises to create, Friendships and memories that last a lifetime.

Nevertheless, these camps realize what you are accustomed to in your daily school routine, and design programs that will capture your interests to help you discover the Traditions, beliefs, and practices of the Orthodox faith that get lost in the hectic daily school schedule.

Orthodox summer camp can help by spiritually influencing your daily decisions, and helping you better prepare yourself for what you will encounter throughout your life. Through the experiences within the Orthodox Life sessions alone, campers have the opportunity to discuss topics that are important to them and learn how to handle struggles and situations as Orthodox Christians.

Orthodox Life, and camp in general, will lead you to discover that you are God s unique creation, created in His image. Of course the social aspect of camp is necessary, too. But, camps have that extraordinary ability to combine social interaction with spiritual lessons.

Meeting and gathering with new friends of the same age and faith is needed, and provide us with the understanding that we all deal with similar issues.

After all, Christ encourages us to gather together. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them (Matthew18:20).

This summer, like every summer, you will find yourself looking for the social interaction with peers, as well as for the athletic and artistic stimulation that you receive while in school. Perhaps you should combine that search with your search for spiritual growth and a better understanding of the Orthodox faith.

The Orthodox camping experience provides so much in one week that can build upon your foundation as an Orthodox Christian and carry you throughout the entire year.

Face it, you ve waited long enough it s time for camp.

June 16-22 Week 2: June 23-29 Westchester, Illinois Contact: Fr. William Chiganos (708) 562-2744 St. Mary s Church Camp 50th Anniversary Year (3rd 12th grade) June 16-22 McGraw, MN, Contact: Doria Saros (612) 825-9595 www.mnstmarysgoc.org DENVER DIOCESE Camp Emmanuel (Ages 11-14 yrs): July 14-20 (Ages 15-18 yrs): July 21-27, Harriman, Wyoming Contact: Deacon Paul Zaharas, (303) 3337794,www.godenverdiocese.org/youth/ ocyc/live Eastern Orthodox Youth Camp (Ages 7-17 yrs) July 28-Aug 3, Chillhowee, MO, Contact: Stacie Sampson, (816) 9429100 DETROIT DIOCESE Diocese Summer Camp (Ages 7-15 yrs) Week 1: June 30-July 6 Week 2: July 7-13 Week 3: July 14-20 Week 4: July 21-27 Week 5: July 28-Aug 3, Rose City, MI Perry Koulouras/James Bakalis (248) 2699130, www.detroit.goarch.org/ddsc/ Diocese of Detroit Southern (Ages 8-18 yrs) July 21-27, Detroit, MI Contact: Nick Kotsis, (313) 864-7989 St. Timothy s Summer Camp

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Camp Directors Attend Camping Association Conference March 21-23, 2002 camp directors from throughout the Archdiocese convened at the Tri-State 2002 American Camping Association Conference in New York City.

The American Camping Association (ACA) is a community of camp professionals who, for more than 90 years, have joined together to share their knowledge and experience and to ensure the quality of camping programs. As a leading authority in child development, the ACA works to preserve, promote and improve the camp experience.

Those who attended the conference had over 215 educational sessions from which to attend. Professionals with extensive experiences in camping programs led the different sessions. Some of the many topics addressed included safety and risk management, selecting and training staff, health and wellness, behavior management, program development, leadership, and marketing. Participants were able to attend thirteen 90-minute workshops over the 3-day conference.

Thursday, the conference kicked off with a thought-provoking keynote speech by noted expert in child development, Dr. Dan Kindlon. Dr. Kindlon teaches child psychology at Harvard University and co-authored 1999 bestseller Raising Cain. He spoke on the topic of his latest book Too Much of a Good Thing: Raising Children of Character in an Age of Indulgence.

Orthodox camp directors in attendance had the added benefit of sharing ideas with fellow directors.

In addition to camp directors from our Archdiocese, camp directors from the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese and the Orthodox Church of America were also in attendance.

Camps that participated in the conference were: Ionian Village (Archdiocese), Camp Good Shepherd (New Jersey Diocese), Camp Emmanuel (Denver Diocese), Orthodox Summer Camp (San Francisco Diocese), St. Nicholas Ranch (San Francisco Diocese), and St. Sophia Summer Camp (San Francisco Diocese).

(6th 12th grade) Aug 16-22, Syracuse, NY, Contact: Fr. Tom Zaferes (315) 446-5222 NEW JERSEY DIOCESE Camp Good Shepherd GOYA (12-18yrs): July 14-20 JOY (7-11): July 21-25, Garrison, NY Fr. Bill Gikas, (908) 898-0988, frbill@bellatlantic.net CYC Summer Camp (Ages 8-16 yrs), Aug 18-23, Hartford County, MD, George Maistros (410) 319-9752 St. Nektarios WOC Summer Camp Wilmington, Deleware, Mark Brown (302) 453-9761 www.greece.org/trinity/ camp/htm PITTSBURGH DIOCESE Camp Nazareth JOY (Ages 8-12 yrs) June 16-22 & June 23-29 GOYA (Ages 13-18 yrs) June 30 July 6 & July 7 July 13 Pittsburgh, PA Contact: Vasie-Leigh Chames, (412) 6218543, email: youth@odpgh.org SAN FRANCISCO DIOCESE St. Nicholas Ranch (3rd 12th grades) Week 1: July 7-13 Week 2: July 14-20 Week 3: July 21-27, Dunlap, California, Fr. Paul Schroeder (559) 3382103, www.sf.goarch.org/stnicks Annunciation Cathedral Camp Family Camping Program, July 27-31, San Francisco, California, Contact: Ari Stratakis

(415) 864-8000 Ascension Cathedral Camp June 15-23, Gaberville, California, Contact: George Banis, (925) 938-4281 All Saints Camp High School Retreat (10th-12th grades): June 27-30 Advanced (6th-9th grades): July 7-13 Elementary (3rd-6th grades): July 1420, Gig Harbor, Washington, Contact: Stacy Mitalas, (253) 265-6161 Camp Angelos Aug 11-16, Portland, Oregon, Contacts: George Psihogios, Ellen Belesiou, (503) 234-0468, www.holytrinitycamp.org St. Sophia Camp Week 1: July 13-18 (2nd-7th grades) Week 2: July 20-27 (2nd-12th grades) Week 3: July 27-Aug 3 (2nd-12th grades) Week 4: Aug 3-10 (2nd-12th grades) San Bernardino, California, Fr. Paul Paris (323) 737-2424, www.stsophia.org/cam Challenge is the Youth & Young Adult Ministries supplement to the Orthodox Observer.

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Write to: Youth & Young Adult Ministries, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, 8 East 79th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 or email: youthoffice@goarch.org

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Five Honored at Charity Event Raising $425,000 CHICAGO Five Americans of Hellenic descent recently were honored for their contributions to society, education, church and philanthropy. Metropolitan Iakovos of Krinis, presiding hierarch of the Chicago Diocese, served as honorary chairman of the event.

Almost 400 guests attended the tribute honoring Peter and Chrysoula Tomaras, Fr. George and Presbytera Sylvia Nicozisin and Dr. Diane NICK KARAKAS, master of ceremonies, and Metropolitan Iakovos of Krinis Touliatos-Miles. Presenters included Spero Boudouras, Helen national charities including: MathewsCarey and Dr. Donald Driemeier.

Dickey Boys and Girls Club, Salvation Army, The enthusiastic crowd enjoyed the Fantasy Baseball Camp for Deaf Children 10th anniversary of the event which has and the University of Missouri Greek Studpreviously honored numerous outstand- ies Professorship Chair among others. ing Americans of Greek descent including: Hellenic Spirit Foundation Chairman Bob Costas; Ike Pappas; Sen. Paul Sarba- Bill Togias opened the program. nes; Admiral Michael Kalleres; and Judge Those in attendance included Bess Ellis Gregory Jr. and George Pappas; Corinne and Steve The combined proceeds from the Chalmers; Pete Dillas; Becky and Nick achievement awards dinner and the Hel- Tharenos and Peter Katsinas. Assisting lenic spirit Charities Greek Open have en- behind the scenes were Jo Anna and Leon abled the Hellenic Spirit Foundation to Spanos; Jean and Sam Nakis and Barbara contribute $425,000 to various local and and Paul Dubis.

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Renowned Orthodox Scholars Lead Southampton Church Retreat

SOUTHHAMPTON, N.Y. Dr. Kyriaki Fitzgerald, a licensed psychologist and clinical supervisor in Yarmouth, Mass., and her husband, Fr. Thomas Fitzgerald, professor of Church history and historical theology at Holy Cross School of Theology, served as retreat masters at the third annual Sophocles N. and Louisa S. Zoullas Memorial Lenten Retreat at Kimisis Tis Theotokou Church April 19-21.

The Fitzgeralds are the authors of Happy in the Lord: The Beatitudes for Everyday, a popular introduction to Orthodox Spirituality.

Both are graduates of Holy Cross, the University of Thessaloniki and Boston University.

The retreat theme was Jesus Christ Our Light, Our Guide and Our Hope.

Fr. Alex Karloutsos, pastor, said the retreat was an opportunity for members of the parish and Long Island s South Fork community to reflect on their faith, their lives and their relationships. For those of us in the Orthodox faith, the Great Lent is a time of healing and healing implies a return to God, our primary relationship, who makes us whole; it is great because it prepares us for the great joy of the Resurrection of Christ which offers us release from sin and death, he said.

The Zoullas Memorial Lectures of the Hamptons were established by Nicholas S. Zoullas in memory of his parents, a prominent Greek business family who emigrated in 1947 from Greece after suffering through the German occupation and the Greek Civil War.

Parish Being Formed in Westchester County Westchester Hellenic Association, a group of Americans of Greek descent in northern Westchester County, N.Y., for the past three years has been organizing educational, social, and religious activities toward its goal of establishing a church in northern Westchester.

Association representatives have been searching for property for a religious and cultural center.

A 5-acre site in the Mahopac area is being considered. An existing building was previously a Catholic monastery; two additional buildings are also available. A final decision has not been made yet, but architectural and engineering studies are being conducted.

The organization s annual fund-raising dinner dance took place March 16 in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.

Church Begins Live Online Services Three Dioceses Prepare for Annual Youth Olympics ORANGE, Conn. Individuals with access to the Internet are now able to receive live audio and video broadcasts of the Divine Liturgy and other services each week from St. Barbara Church.

The live broadcasts are being made possible by the Archdiocese Department of Internet Ministries and are available from both the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese web site: http://www.goarch.org/ live.html and from the St. Barbara web site: http://www.saintbarbara.org. These live broadcasts are an attempt to minister to those who, for good reason, are unable to attend services.

We are very excited to offer this ministry to Orthodox Christians worldwide, said Rev. Peter Orfanakos, pastor of St. Barbara Church. This provides a wonderful opportunity for those who are unable to attend services on a regular basis. They still can experience the prayer cycle of the Orthodox Church by logging on to our website, and prayerfully attending the services.

Fr. Peter further emphasized, Attending the services via cyberspace should be seen as a vehicle is to enhance the participation of

the faithful in their local communities.

As an integral part of this outreach, the youth at St. Barbara have begun setting up these live broadcasts for parishioners unable to attend due to health concerns and those in nursing homes, who will benefit most from this ministry.

Parishioners attending the site on a regular basis have described the environment as spiritually connecting them to the community, captivating and attention getting, a focused and prayerful opportunity otherwise not available.

Orthros begins at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time each Sunday and the Divine Liturgy at 9:45 a.m. Eastern Time.

Since 1998, the Department of Internet Ministries has been providing live weekly broadcasts of the divine services from the Church of the Holy Cross in Belmont, Calif.

The addition of St. Barbara now provides weekly broadcasts in multiple time zones. The live broadcasts are part of a national initiative by the Department of Internet Ministries to connect every diocese and parish in the Archdiocese to the Internet.

N.J. Youth Organization Honors Longtime Director

Memorial Day Weekend traditionally has become a busy, competitive period for thousands of young people of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, as three dioceses will again host their annual Olympics.

The Archdiocesan District and Dioceses of Chicago and New Jersey are in the process of organizing a number of events that will bring young JOY and GOYA athletes together in a spirit of Orthodox fellowship and fun.

This year marks the 24th annual Olympics of the Archdiocesan District.

For several years, the event has been held at the State University of New YorkStonybrook, Long Island.

The competition will take place May 24-26 and will include track and field events, swimming, softball, soccer, volleyball and numerous other individual and team-oriented sports.

Last year more than 1,100 athletes from 23 local parishes competed for medal honors. More than 2,000 persons attended this event.

To date sponsors include Archdiocesan District Philoptochos, YAL, Lyons Mortgage, Olympic Airways, and Bike Stop, according to Olympics executive committee member Demi Brountzas.

tian young people.

Ververides is an active lifelong member of St. George Church in Trenton. Since 1963 he has served the parish in various capacities including director of acolytes, choir member, parish youth advisor, Sunday school teacher, parish board member and president of the parish council. For his distinguished service the Archdiocese has bestowed upon him the honor of Archon Depoutatos.

Besides working for several decades with the youth of St. George, he has served as treasurer of the New Jersey Metropolitan Council of Junior GOYA and as director of the New Jersey State Youth Committee for over 40 years.

The 21st annual Diocese of Chicago Junior Olympics will be hosted by Sts. Constantine and Helen parish in Palos Hills, Ill. This year more than 2,100 young people, ages 7-18, from more than 30 parishes of the six-state Diocese are expected to participate in a conglomeration of individual and team athletic events.

This year s program will include swimming, track and field, soccer, softball, basketball, volleyball, 10K run, bowling, tennis, chess, checkers, and table tennis. Moreover, several different collegiate scholarships (totaling $2,000) will

The Northern New Jersey Youth Commission and the Diocese of New Jersey recently honored George Ververides for his 41 years of service to the young people of the Diocese.

Mr. Ververides was honored during the annual Scholarship Awards gala that recognizes Goyans with good academic records and a record of service to their parish and youth programs.

Fr. Bill Gikas, the diocese Youth and Young Adult Ministries director, called Ververides, a model of exemplary service to Christ and His Church. George not only helps municipalities build roads but he helps the Church build Orthodox Chris-

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be presented on behalf of the Junior Olympics to athletes showing a strong spiritual life, academic record, community involvement and writing skills.

The facilities being used in the Jr. Olympics include Sts. Constantine and Helen Church complex, A.A. Stagg High School, and Moraine Valley Community College, all in Palos Hills.

With each passing year, this event has become all the more larger and stronger.

It is through the Stewardship contributions of the participating parishes, various individuals, organizations and businesses as well as the hard work of each and every volunteer, that this event has been a success for twenty years.

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The Diocese of New Jersey will sponsor its two-day GOYA Olympics on May 25-26 at Williams Field and Dunn Sports Center at Elizabeth High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

More than 400 young people ages 12 to 18 are expected to compete in various athletic events including swimming, track and field, volleyball and a mini-marathon around the town.

The Northern New Jersey Youth Commission has organized the event annually for 33 years, and again this year under the leadership of Fr. Bill Gikas, diocesan director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries.

The GOYA Olympics is open to all 53 parishes of the New Jersey Diocese.

This is a great opportunity for kids from all over the Diocese to convene and share in fitness, fun and fellowship through their faith, according to Fr. Gikas.

The general public is invited to attend the events that begin with an opening ceremony on Saturday morning (9 a.m.) at Dunn Sports Center with the Parade of Parishes and conclude Sunday evening with the awarding of medals at Williams Field.

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Greek Independence Day Parades Held Coast to Coast In addition to New York, several cities held Greek Independence Day parades in April in a tradition that has become coast-to-coast. byJim Golding

In San Francisco, Metropolitan Anthony of Dardanelles presided over the parade held March 24 that culminated a three-day celebration.

Also taking part were Mayor Willie Brown Consul General of Greece Demetrios Touloupas and many Bay Area parishes and organizations. The parade proceeded from City Hall to Annunciation Cathedral where a festival took place.

Gov. Grey Davis issued a proclamation in honor of Greek Independence Day. In Chicago, Metropolitan Iakovos of Krinis led the festivities. The parade featured about 116 floats and marching groups, John Economou of the parade committee reported.

In addition to the Metropolitan, participants included Consul General of Greece Gabriel Coptsidis and Vice President of SAE Chris Tomaras. One of Greece s gold medal winners from the last Summer Olympics also took part.

For the first time in Detroit history, the Greater Hellenic Community sponsored a Greek Independence Day Parade and celebration in Greektown, the roots of where the first Greeks settled more than 100 years ago, according to George Reganis, president of the independence day committee. However, the community held an indoor celebration last year.

Bishop Nicholas served as grand marshal and other dignitaries representing the federal, state and local governments took part, as did 31 units and members of 12 parishes, several Greek schools, two university student groups, five dance groups and four Greek orchestras.

In all, more than 1,000 persons marched and several thousand bystanders lined the streets to view the parade.

The ceremony included proclamation readings, performances by the dance groups and Greek bands as a tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The Federation of Greek Societies in Boston held its seventh parade on April 14 with some 51 organizations participating, President George Markakos told the Observer.

Participants included Metropolitan Methodios of Aneon, Mayor Thomas Menino, the grand marshal; members of the Greek Parliament Stelianos Papathemelis and Nicolaos Nicholopoulos.

The parade, which took place on Boylston and Charles streets, was viewed by an estimated 15,000 persons.

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2. Students of the Annunciation Cathedral Greek School proudly display their banner. 3. Metropolitan Methodios, this year’s Grand Marshall leads the Boston Parade, along with Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and other officials.

NEW JERSEY: 4. Raising of the Greek Flag in Ocean County, NJ by local leaders, Fr. Milton Efthimiou and the county’s Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari (left) –in commemoration of Greek Independence Day. CHICAGO: 5. One of the floats in the Chicago parade, dedicated to the Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) features a group of young people in traditional ethnic customs. 6. This group of young men, dressed in the Evzons costumes, celebrate shortly after their parade.

SAN FRANCISCO: 7. Metropolitan Antonios rides along the parade route with the Consul General of Greece, Mr. Demetrios Touloupas. 8. Three young ladies in traditional costume, alongside the Parade in San Francisco.

DETROIT: 9. Altar boys of St. George Church of Southgate, Mich. as they parade in celebration of Greek Independence Day. 10. Bishop Nicholas of Detroit leads the local Greek Parade.

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redicted April showers never materialized to threaten New York s annual Greek Independence Day Parade on the 14th as thousands of enthusiastic, proud Greeks and non-Greeks marched and tens of thousands of Greeks and non-Greeks watched the marchers under sunny skies.

Passing below the loving gaze of Archbishop Demetrios who was standing on the grandstand, the marchers probyJim Golding ceeded up famous Fifth Avenue over a period of four hours on the pleasant Sunday afternoon.

Participants began to assemble around noon at Fifth Avenue and 60th Street, with hundreds of units organized into battalions filling the narrow streets leading away from Fifth Avenue and waiting patiently for their turn to emerge onto the thoroughfare.

The substance of the parade consisted of the Archdiocese parishes and schools, brotherhoods, societies and federations representing every part of Greece that brought a happy memory and perhaps a smile to the faces of many of their childhoods in days past; more than 30 parishes from the Greater New York region and beyond, scholarly students from the Greek clubs at Columbia, Fordham, NYU, Drexel and Boston universities, and enthusiastic teens from New York s prestigious Bronx High School of Science and Stuyvesant High School, Francis Lewis High School and others.

Since Hellenism is universal, it was most appropriate that several Scottish bagpipe groups, African-American drum and bugle bands and some local Roman Catholic high school bands interspersed throughout the parade route also showed their Hellenic spirit as they marched and performed.

There were also many voices raised in promoting issues of justice and freedom, such as the issue of the illegal and continued occupation of the northern part of Cyprus.

Of course, the parade would not have been complete without the spectacular Evzones of Greece the Presidential Guard with their awesome presence as they marched in front of the vast parade crowd.

Among the dignitaries taking part were the four parade grand marshals who joined Archbishop Demetrios along part of the route: Alex Spanos, the businessman and philanthropist from California; Dennis Mehiel, a GreekAmerican candidate for lieutenant governor of New York; President of the Greek Parliament ApostoD. Panagos photos los Kaklamanis, and Dora Bacoyiannis, a member of the Greek the tragedy of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and had as Parliament and candidate for the may- its theme the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, with oralty of Athens. several of the floats promoting the anxiously anticipated N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg also event. took part in the opening ceremonies of The many young children of the area s day and afthe parade, marched up Fifth Avenue ternoon schools many dressed in traditional ethnic cosand stayed for a while to talk with people, tumes won the hearts of the crowd and brought pride young and old. to their parents and teachers and hope for the future.

This year s parade commemorated It was a most spectacular parade.