January News
01/10/2016
News from the Pews
Please contact Sarah Fountain at your earliest convenience about any announcements, prayer concerns, or activities that you wish to be included in the monthly newsletter. (She will be the first to say that she is not very "in the know!") Her e-mail is listed at the end of New from the Pews.
Fr. Peter will start performing house blessings after the Feast of Theophany (Friday, 1/6). Please contact him soon to schedule a time for him to come bless your house.
Our beloved parishioner Bob Palmer passed away on Thursday, Jan 5. His funeral arrangements are as follows:
Calling Hours/Visitation: Lake Ridge Memorial Chapel, Tuesday (1/10/17), from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; the Trisagion Prayers of Mercy will be served at 7:00 p.m.
Funeral and Interment, Wednesday (1/11/17):
1) Orthodox Funeral Service: Lake Ridge Memorial Chapel (6025 82nd St), 2:00 pm. to 3:00 p.m.
2) Rite of Interment: Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park, following conclusion of Funeral service.
3) Makaria/Mercy Meal back at St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church.
Note to all Parishioners: We are going to prepare the church hall on Monday afternoon, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; please come if you are available! Thank you!
Services for the month of January:
Saturday 12/31, 6:00 p.m. Great Vespers
Sunday 1/1 8:50 a.m.: Orthros
10: a.m.: Divine Liturgy (The Feasts of the Circumcision of Our Lord,
and of Saint Basil the Great)
Thursday 1/5 8:00 a.m.:Orthros
9:00 a.m.: Royal Hours (No Typika)
10:30 a.m.: Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil followed by the Lesser
Blessing of Water (Eve of Theophany)
Friday 1/6 8:00 a.m.: Orthros
9:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy followed by the Lesser Blessing of Water
(Theophany)
Saturday 1/7 6:00 p.m.: Great Vespers
Sunday 1/8 8:50 a.m.: Orthros
10: a.m.: Divine Liturgy (Sunday After Theophany)
Saturday 1/14 6:00 p.m.: Great Vespers
Sunday 1/15 8:50 a.m.: Orthros
10:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy (12th Sunday of Luke [the Ten Lepers])
Tuesday 1/17 8:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy (Feast of Saint Anthony the Great)
Wednesday 1/18 8:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy (Feast of Saints Athanasios and
Cyril of Alexandria)
Saturday 1/21 6:00 p.m.: Great Vespers
Sunday 1/22 8:50 a.m.: Orthros
10:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy (15th Sunday of Luke [Zacchaeus])
Wednesday 1/25 8:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy (Feast of Saint Gregory the Theologian)
Saturday 1/28 6:00 p.m.: Great Vespers
Sunday 1/29 8:50 a.m.: Orthros
10:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy (17th Sunday of Matthew [the
Canaanite Woman])
Monday 1/30 8:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy (Feast of The Three Hierarchs)
Wednesday 2/1 6:00 p.m.: Vigil with Artoklasia
Thursday 2/2 8:00 a.m.: Divine Liturgy (Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord
in the Temple)
Happy Name Day:
January
1 January St. Basil the Great Bill Karon
Bill Moskos
Geoff Stevenson
Vasso Alexopoulos
2 January St. Juliana Lazarevskaya Ashley Swissler
4 January Synaxis of the Seventy Timothy Fountain
Gaius Gill
7 January St. John the Forerunner John K. Kallas
John Kiousis
Juanita Torres
John Zias
10 January St. Theophan the Recluse Keith McAnear
17 January St. Anthony of the Desert Tony Kouris
18 January St. Athanasios Thanasi Georgopoulos
Tommy Tzemos
27 January St. Savas the Sanctified Norvell Spearman
Many Thanks to our Prosphora bakers!
January 2017
+1/1 Sunday Mila Paul
+1/8 Sunday Olga Kaposhko
+1/15 Sunday Amanda Mankowski
+1/22 Sunday Mila Paul
+1/29 Sunday Mila Paul
Please send corrections or additions to sarah.fountain@huskers.unl.edu