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Annunciation Church
Publish Date: 2015-06-14
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Annunciation Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (901) 327-8177
  • Fax:
  • (901) 327-4440
  • Street Address:

  • 573 N. Highland

  • Memphis, TN 38122


Contact Information






Services Schedule

SUNDAY SERVICES
†Orthros/Divine Liturgy -  8:45am - (Divine Liturgy will now follow immediately after Orthros)
Nursery Available - 9:30am - Noon
  
 
 
CONFESSION
Confessions will be held by appointment only. 
 
 
All other services and events will be listed in the online calendar at www.goann.net.
 
We are pleased that you chose to worship with us. A sad reality is that through the years the Church has experienced Schism. Different views of Communion are a result of these divisions. To protect anyone from partaking unworthily, we ask that only Orthodox Christians partake of the Body and Blood of Christ. Should you like to know more about the Orthodox faith, please see one of the Parish Council members.
 
For more information about our parish, organizations and calendar of events, please visit our website at www.goann.net.


Past Bulletins


THIS WEEK AT ANNUNCIATION

Pascha-fresco
 
June 21 Sunday
Orthros/Divine Liturgy 8:45am (Fr. Nicholas Pathenos will be in the altar)
Epistle Reader: 
Prosforo: Enosis Touliatos/Helen Wheeler
Greeters: Brian & Matthew Farrell
Usher Duty Team 5: Bill Joyner & Naji Nassif
Nursery Available 9:30am - 12noon
AHEPA Annual Father's Day Breakfast  in Cotros Hall immediately following Divine Liturgy.  The menu is scrambled eggs, pancakes and sausage.  Donations will be accepted.  What a great way to treat Dad on his day!
 
June 28 Sunday
Orthros/Divine Liturgy 8:45am (Fr. Nicholas Pathenos will be in the altar)
Epistle Reader:  
Prosforo: Helen Wheeler/Enosis Touliatos
Greeters: Nick Argol & Colleague
Usher Duty Team 6: Maria Moore & Peter Melonas
Orthros/Divine Luturgy 8:45am (Fr. Dean Hountalas will be in the altar)
Nursery Available 9:30am - 12noon
Coffee Hour in Honor of New Elpis Board Members - sponsored by Elpis Philoptochos - in Cotros Hall immediately following Divine Liturgy
 
 

 

 

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Community News

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Sunday School Teachers for Fall Session

Please be in prayerful consideration of your service and ministry within the Church.  If you are interested in helping with any age at all, from elementary through high school, for our 2015-2016 Sunday School, please contact Anna Paris at 901-359-1918.  


ELPIS PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS

Elpis Bookstore
The Elpis Bookstore is open every Sunday between 11:45am and 1pm.  Stop by the bookstore to meet our wonderful managers: Angela Tobias, Stephanie Poplos and Connie Apalodimas.  Besides books, you'll also find jewelry, icons, children's toys and Liturgical Supplies.
There's always something new to talk about in the bookstore!  
 
 
More than a Meal - June 21st
We will be serving meals at Grace-St. Luke's Church in Midtown from 3:00pm t0 5:00pm.  To sign up to serve, please visit http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f4ca5ab23a57-more8
 
More than a Meal - July 19th
We will be cooking and serving as well as creating a take hom bag for those in need.  Pelase consider signing up for one element of this service.  To sign up to help, please visit http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f4ca5ab23a57-more9
 
 
 
Elpis Summer Party
We are planning to have our annual summer party some time in late July or early August.  would anyone like to volunteer their house?  All of the food and beverages will be supplied by the board.  Please contact Cyndi if you are interested.
 

AHEPA Monthly Meeting

05/19/2015

AHEPA will hold its May meeting at Ciao Bella at 6:30pm on Tuesday, May 19th. 


POST-FESTIVAL FOOD FOR SALE

06/14/2015

Festival Post Sales (Frozen)
Pork Kabobs                        5/$15
Lamb  Kabobs                     3/$10
Whole Pork Tenderloin       2/$10
Meatballs                          18/$10
Lamb Shanks (10-12)         $50.00
 
Cheese
Feta (8lb. tub)  - $25.00 
 
Pastries
Kourambiethes
  • DOZEN/$5
Baklava
  • $1/ea
  • 1/2 case of 24 - $20
  • whole case of 48 - $40
Macaroons
  • DOZEN/$5
 
Plants
Ferns        $6
Palms       $7
Cyprus    $20
 
Soft Drinks
$4/case
 
 
 
See Anna Paris or call her at 359-1918 for purchase

Scholarship Awards

Congratulations to the following students who received Scholarship Awards last Sunday on Graduation Sunday.
 
Mark Deitz
  • Chris Douglas Scholarship for Graduating High School Seniors
  • Elpis Scholarship
 
Nicholas Poplos
  • Chris Douglas Scholarship for Continuing College Students

DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY

05/24/2015

Names for Memorial Day

Memorial Day, which is observed on the last Monday of May, commemorates the men and women who died while in the military service of the United States of America.  In observance of the holiday, many people visit cemeteries and memorials, and volunteers often place American flags on each grave site at national cemeteries.  A national moment of remembrance takes place at 3:00 p.m. local time.

If you submitted a name of your loved one and he or she died while serving in the U.S. Military, that person will be listed on the Memorial Day roster.

 

We will be requesting names for Veterans Day around the end of October.  The parish will honor our veterans on Sunday, November 8th, 2015.  If you have a loved one who served but died after retirement or discharge from active duty, that person will also be remembered at this time.

While those who have died (in or out of active duty) are also remembered, Veterans Day is the day set aside to thank and honor ALL those who served honorably in the U.S. Military - in wartime or peacetime. In fact, Veterans Day is largely intended to thank LIVING veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to our national security are appreciated, and to underscore the fact that all those who served - not only those who died - have sacrificed and done their duty.

 


ST. NICHOLAS SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION

06/14/2015

St. Nicholas Camp Registration
      Visit WWW.STNICHOLASCAMP.ORG for more details.
 
Camp Dates: July 5-11, 2015
Camp Registration Fees: $375.00
 

AHEPA NEWS

06/21/2015

AHEPA will host its Annual Father's Day Breakfast on Sunday, June 21st in Cotros Hall immediately following Divine Liturgy.  Menu is scrambled eggs, pancakes and sausage.  Donations will be accepted.  What a great way to treat Dad on his day!


St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Winner

Congratulations to Constance Poplos for winning the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical District Festival in Nashville on April 18th!  She will represent the Annunciation Parish Community at the Metropolis Festival in Detroit on May 16th.  


DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE NEWS

05/31/2015

Elpis Philoptochos, the Daughters of Penelope and Young at Heart will host a Special Coffee Hour Reception on  
Sunday, May 31 immediately following Divine Liturgy to honor Fr. Jim, Presv. Anne and Melanie and Caitlin on their last Sunday here with us at the Annunciation.

ALARM SYSTEM

04/26/2015

Our alarm system is now fully operational.  If you have need to be in the building outside of normal hours, please see your Ministry or Organization Head for permission, instructions for the alarm and the procedures for closing up the building before you leave the grounds.  


Graduation Sunday

05/17/2015

Graduation Sunday will be held on Sunday, May 17th following the Divine Liturgy. ALL High School and College Graduates are encouraged to please participate in our ceremony. Whether you can attend or not, we would love to include information on your achievements. Please see the format below for submitting.

FULL Name of Graduate:

Full Names of Both Parents:

School Graduating from:

Any Honors, Awards, Achievements:

School will be Attending/Future endeavors:

*Or for College Graduates:
Will be working/future endeavors:

* Please let us know if you will or will not be attending the May 17th ceremony.  Any questions, please contact Kathy Zambelis at 359-1055.

        DEADLINE INFORMATION - EXTENDED!!
Send all information to Erin in the church office at: annunciationmemphis@gmail.com no later than MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 so it can be published on the Graduates Booklet!  If it is not received on time, the information will be read on Graduation Sunday, but will not be posted.

 


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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:10-16

Brethren, glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality. All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.


Gospel Reading

2nd Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 4:18-23

At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left their boat and their father, and followed him. And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Tone

When the stone had been sealed by the Jews and the soldiers were guarding Thine immaculate Body, Thou didst arise on the third day, O Saviour, granting life unto the world. Wherefore, the powers of the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Lifegiver: Glory to Thy Resurrection, O Christ. Glory to Thy Kingdom. Glory to Thy dispensation, O only Friend of man.

Apolytikion for Prophet Elisseus in the Fourth Tone

The incarnate Angel, and the Prophets' summit and boast, the second forerunner of the coming of Christ our God, Elias, the glorious, from above sent down his grace upon Elisseus; he doth cast out sickness and doth also cleanse lepers; and unto all that honour him, he poureth forth streams of cures.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
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Saints and Feasts

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June 14

Methodius the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople

As for Saint Methodius, he was born to wealthy parents in Syracuse of Sicily about the end of the eighth century. Being a presbyter, he was sent as an ambassador to Rome in 815 or 816 on behalf of Patriarch Nicephorus of Constantinople, who had been exiled by Leo the Armenian (see June 2). After Leo's death, he returned to Constantinople; but since he was a zealot for the veneration of the holy icons, he was immediately exiled by Emperor Michael the Stutterer to a fortress near Bithynia. When Michael died, he was freed for a short time; but then, because of his confession of the Orthodox Faith, he was imprisoned again by the Emperor Theophilus in a dark and foul-smelling sepulcher. Since this was not enough for the Emperor's inhumanity, he commanded that two thieves be shut up with Methodius, and when one of them died, that the corpse not be removed. While the Saint was imprisoned there, a certain poor fisherman ministered to his needs. Finally, when the Church received its freedom under Saint Theodora the Empress, the Saint ascended the patriarchal throne of Constantinople in 842. Together with the holy Empress, Methodius restored the holy icons to their proper honor; this is commemorated on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. He governed the Church of Constantinople for four years, and reposed in 846.


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Wisdom of the Fathers

Within the visible world, man is as it were a second world; and the same is true of thought within the intelligible world. For man is the herald of heaven and earth, and of all that is in them; while thought interprets the intellect and sense perception, and all that pertains to them. Without man and thought both the sensible and the intelligible worlds would be inarticulate.
Ilias the Presbyter
Gnomic Anthology IV no. 112, Philokalia Vol. 3 edited by Palmer, Sherrard and Ware; Faber and Faber pg. 61

Prayer, fasting, vigil and all other Christian practices, however good they may be in themselves, do not constitute the aim of our Christian life, although they serve as the indispensable means of reaching this end. The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God.
St. Seraphim of Sarov
The Acquisition of the Holy Spirit: Chapter 3, The Little Russian Philokalia Vol. 1; Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood pg. 79, 19th century

But mark both their faith, and their obedience. For though they were in the midst of their work (and you know how greedy a thing fishing is), when they heard His command, they delayed not, ... but "they forsook all and followed," ... Because such is the obedience which Christ seeks of us, as that we delay not even a moment of time.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 14 on Matthew 4, 4th Century

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Stewardship Pledges for 2015

 As of June 14th, 2015 these 119 Parish Families HAVE COMPLETED a STEWARDSHIP CONTACT CARD for 2015.  Pledge Forms can be found in the office, in the Narthex or online at www.goann.net.  Please help us by completing a 2015 card.  Thank you for your faithfulness.  

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Robert Allphin
Iskander (Alex) & Manal Al-Qawwas family
Zoe Anaston
Chris & Connie Apalodimas
Maria Apalodimas
Nick & Anne Argol 
Todd & Cyndi Bagatelas Family 
Rev. James & Anne Berends Family
Demetra Bitinis
John & Deborah Bookas
Janet Boosalis
Shawn Branum
Angie Buchanan 
Emily M. Capadalis Love
Endy Carter
Mary Chagaris
Catalin & Anca Chelsoi
John Chulos
Charles & Connie Cotros
Jerry & Julia Couloubaritsis
Jasmin Dedic & Bibiana Brymer Family
George Deitz & Kristine Wagner Family
Helen Demas
Anna Denton
Greg & Cyndi Detty Family
Andrew & Tina Douglas Family
Bruce & Helen Erskine
Linda Farrell & Sons
Phillip & Kellye Farris Family 
Nick & Marty Fox
Pete & Jan Futris
Steve & Zoe Futris
Evangelia & Terrence Gallagher 
Bill & Niki Gikas 
Alexander Gogonelis
Alan & Renee Graves Family
Theodore H Grayes
Kevin & Pannayiota Guigley Family
Charles & Elizabeth Hawkins Family
Laurentiu & Mihaela Herbei
Sandy E. Herbert
Maria Hetos
Tony & Ramona Hong Family
Ken & Vicki Hoover Family
Koula Hristopoulou
Athena Jameson
John Johnson
Bill & Denise Joyner
George Karkatsugas 
Georgia Karris
Diane Kavelaras
John & Nancy Kay
Maureen Kay
Jim Kennedy
Sarkis & Jenny Kish 
Marcy Kollias
Kalliope Lefes
Peter & Felicity Letsou
Kosta & Helen Mavraganis
Scott McKee & Weilin Xi Family
Emily Melonas
Peter & Kathryn Melonas
James & Susan Meng
Toni Montgomery & Family
Alexis Moore
Michael “Tommy” Moore 
Mike & Maria Moore & Family 
Ed & Kathryn Morrison
Michael & Valerie Mosby Family
Kathy Nash
Naji & Rebecca Nassif Family 
Nick & Linda Nichols
Michael R. & Linda Tarabicos Nix
Mitch & Linda Obradovic & Family
Asmelash & Asmeret Ogbasion 
Demetri Papastefan
Anna Paris
Dorothy Paris
Evangeline Paris
Manual N. & Mary Beth Peters
Manuel S. & Susanna Peters
Ted & Stephanie Poplos Family
Chrysanthe Preza & Einer Valdimarsson Family
Pete Ruby
Vasili & Luane Semos Family
Tom & Susan Sinis
Harry & Catherine Skefos
Katherine Skefos
Jimmy & Georgia Smith
Sheilla M. Smith
Jim & Sophie Sousoulas
Jerry Joseph & Tiffany Stamson
Pandora Stamson
Martha Stergios
Dimitri & Mary Katherine Taras
James Taras
Kosta & Loretta Taras
David & Chrissy Tashie
George & Cecile Tashie
Jimmy & Nancy Tashie
John Tashie & Family 
Anastasia Terranova
Lee & Yiota Theodore
Greg & Lorrie Tingle Family
Richard & Angela Tobias
Kimberly Topolewski
Sarah Touliatos
Cornelia Varnavas
Alex Vergos
Anastasia V. Vergos
Tasia Vergos
Theodore G Vergos 
Rev. Nicholas & Bess Vieron
Magdi & Amira Wassef & Family
Maria Wasserman
Helen Wheeler
Vasiliki K. Whitten
Nick & Georgia Zaharopoulos
Kathy & Michael Zambelis
 
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THOSE WHO HAVE REQUESTED PRAYER

Those who have requested our prayers, unworthy though we may be:
 
Helen Wheeler
Linda Farrell
Florence Krondes (mother of John Krondes)
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