Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Publish Date: 2025-05-25
Bulletin Contents
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Saints and Feasts
Parish News & Announcements
Bulletin Inserts
Archdiocese News
Calendar of Annunciation
Ecumenical Patriarchate News
Wisdom of the Fathers
Archdiocese Calendar

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Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (313)965-2988
  • Fax:
  • (313) 965-2428
  • Street Address:

  • 707 E. Lafayette Blvd.

  • Detroit, MI 48226

Contact Information

Rev. Fr. Georgios Manias
Priest

[email protected] | 313-588-0829

Harry Harris
Parish Council President

[email protected] | 313-920-6174

Olga Mihas
Church Secretary

[email protected] | 313-965-2988

Services Schedule

Sunday Service
Matins 9:00 am
Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

Past Bulletins


Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha in the Plagal First Mode

Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life.

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal First Mode

O Faithful, let us sing a hymn of praise and worship to the Logos, coeternal with the Father and the Spirit, who was born of the Virgin for our salvation. Of His own will He went upon the Cross in the flesh and suffered death, to raise the dead through His glorious Resurrection.

Apolytikion for 3rd Discovery of the Head of the Forerunner in the Fourth Mode

Christ God hath revealed to us thy truly ven'rable head as a divine treasure that had been concealed in the earth, O Prophet and Forerunner. Wherefore, as we gather on the feast of its finding, with our hymns inspired of God, we praise Christ the Saviour, Who by thy mighty prayers saveth us from every kind of harm.

Apolytikion for the Church in the Fourth Mode

Apolytikion of Annunciation of the Theotokos

Today marks the crowning of our salvation and the revelation of the mystery before all ages. For the Son of God becomes the son of the Virgin, and Gabriel proclaims the grace. Wherefore, we also cry out with him, "Hail, O full of grace, the Lord is with you."

Kontakion of Annunciation of the Theotokos

To you, Theotokos, invincible Defender, having been delivered from peril, I, your city, dedicate the victory festival as a thank offering. In your irresistible might, keep me safe from all trials, that I may call out to you: "Hail, unwedded bride!"

 

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Though You went down into the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Eighth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:11-18

At that time, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb, and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, "Rabboni," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her, "Do not touch Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and she told them that He had said these things to her.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Grave Mode. Psalm 63.11,1.
The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord.
Verse: Oh God, hear my cry.

The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15.

Brethren, it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.

Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke," we too believe, and so we speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Blind Man
The Reading is from John 9:1-38

At that time, as Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him. We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man's eyes with the clay, saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?" Some said, "It is he"; others said, "No, but he is like him." He said, "I am the man." They said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?" He answered, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash'; so I went and washed and received my sight." They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."

They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes and I washed, and I see." Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was a division among them. So they again said to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."

The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight, and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself." His parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess him to be Christ he was to be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said, "He is of age, ask him."

So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner." He answered, "Whether he is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see." They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" He answered them, "I have told you already and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disciples?" And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from." The man answered, "Why, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out.

Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of man?" He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who speaks to you." He said, "Lord, I believe"; and he worshiped him.

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Saints and Feasts

May 25

Sunday of the Blind Man

The Lord Jesus was coming from the Temple on the Sabbath, when, while walking in the way, He saw the blind man mentioned in today's Gospel. This man had been born thus from his mother's womb, that is, he had been born without eyes (see Saint John Chrysostom, Homily LVI on Matthew; Saint Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book V:15; and the second Exorcism of Saint Basil the Great). When the disciples saw this, they asked their Teacher, "Who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" They asked this because when the Lord had healed the paralytic at the Sheep's Pool, He had told him, "Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" (John 5:14); so they wondered, if sickness was caused by sin, what sin could have been the cause of his being born without eyes. But the Lord answered that this was for the glory of God. Then the God-man spat on the ground and made clay with the spittle. He anointed the eyes of the blind man and said to him, "Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam." Siloam (which means "sent") was a well-known spring in Jerusalem used by the inhabitants for its waters, which flowed to the eastern side of the city and collected in a large pool called "the Pool of Siloam."

Therefore, the Saviour sent the blind man to this pool that he might wash his eyes, which had been anointed with the clay-not that the pool's water had such power, but that the faith and obedience of the one sent might be made manifest, and that the miracle might become more remarkable and known to all, and leave no room for doubt. Thus, the blind man believed in Jesus' words, obeyed His command, went and washed himself, and returned, no longer blind, but having eyes and seeing. This was the greatest miracle that our Lord had yet worked; as the man healed of his blindness himself testified, "Since time began, never was it heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind," although the Lord had already healed the blind eyes of many. Because he now had eyes, some even doubted that he was the same person (John 9:8-9); and it was still lively in their remembrance when Christ came to the tomb of Lazarus, for they said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that even this man should not have died?" Saint John Chrysostom gives a thorough and brilliant exposition of our Lord's meeting with the woman of Samaria, the healing of the paralytic, and the miracle of the blind man in his commentaries on the Gospel of Saint John.

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Parish News & Announcements

HAPPY EASTER! - ΚΑΛΟ ΠΑΣΧΑ!

HAPPY EASTER! CHRIST IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED!
ΚΑΛΟ ΠΑΣΧΑ! ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! ΑΛΗΘΩΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! 


ARTOKLASIA

Offered today by "Panagia Soumela" Pontian Society of Detroit, for the well-being of all the members and their families.


MEMORIALS

Efthemios Bellos, 40 days

"Panagia Soumela" Pontian Society of Detroit, Michigan 

May Their Memory be Eternal


COFFEE HOUR

Offered today by the Bellos family in memory of Efthemios Bellos, and the AHEPA Aegean Chapter 506 on behalf of "Panagia Soumela" Pontian Society of Detroit, Michigan in memory and remembrance of the Pontian Greek Genocide (commemorated on May 19th of each year).


COME PLANT WITH US!

05/25/2025

Your gardening crew will be weeding, cleaning, and planting flowers TODAY, May 25 from Noon – 2:30pm (Immediately after the Divine Liturgy).  Come join us for some very rewarding work.  All ages are welcome.  Bring a shovel, some garden gloves, and a smile.  We provide the rest.  If you are unable to help with the physical labor, please consider donating $25-$50 to help defray the cost.  Please mark all donations as “Garden Money” and make all checks payable to the Annunciation Cathedral.  Questions?  Ideas?  Contact Kim or Will Lianos at 313-850-6246 or [email protected].  Let’s get ready for summer at the Cathedral!


MEMORIAL DAY CEMETERY VISITATIONS

05/26/2025

Monday, May 26, 2025 - Please see "Bullletin Inserts" section for locations and times.


SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS

Upcoming Sunday School Schedule:

  • May 25 – No Sunday School (Memorial Day long weekend)
  • June 1 – Sunday School Graduation & Last Day of Sunday School for 2024-2025
  • Save the Date: Sunday School Graduation!
    Please join us as we celebrate our Sunday School students at this year’s Sunday School Graduation on Sunday, June 1, immediately following the Divine Liturgy. 

FEED THE POOR

Feed the Poor at Sts. Peter and Paul in Detroit – It is time again to volunteer your time or to make a donation to this excellent cause.  Our church family (kids and adults) has been helping feed the poor under the leadership of Alex Shashko for many years.  We will be preparing lunches in the Cathedral kitchen on Saturday, July 26th and Saturday August 30th.  It would be great to have at least 10 volunteers for each date.  We will also need 2 people to deliver the food on Sunday, July 27th and Sunday August 31st.  Please email Will Lianos at [email protected] if you are able to help us.  Donations can be made directly to the Annunciation Cathedral.  Please write “Feed the Poor” on your check or electronic donation.  Thank you.


HOLY TRINITY MONASTERY - TRIP

08/02/2025

We are planning a group trip to the Holy Trinity Monastery in Smiths Creek, Michigan on Saturday, August 2nd.  This is a tremendous opportunity to visit a very peaceful and holy place.  Many years ago, a group from our church took a bus trip to the Monastery and had a fabulous visit.  We are attempting to plan another similar religious opportunity for our friends and family at the Cathedral.  If you would like to join Father George and our group, please submit your name to Olga in the church office to be added to the sign-up list. More details will follow as we assess the size of our group and the transportation options available.


DETROIT TIGERS BASEBALL GAME OUTING

08/24/2025

Detroit Tigers Baseball on Sunday, August 24th.  We are happy to announce our plans to attend the Tigers’ game after church this day.  The plan is to get a block of tickets at Comerica Park so we can all sit together and enjoy the game.  Bring your family!  Everyone is welcome.  Each person will be responsible for the cost of their own ticket.  Please submit your name to Olga in the church office if you would like to be added to the sign-up list.  Go Tigers!


PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS

  • Your donations to the Philoptochos continue to provide valuable financial support to many worthy organizations and people.  Thank you for your support.  We were able to donate $6,565 to 17 organizations from January 1 through April 30, 2025.  Below is a breakdown:
    $400 St. Basil Academy & Youth Adult Programs Fund
    $350 Social Services Fund
    $250 Cancer and Other Major Illnesses
    $100 St. Photios Shrine Fund
    $100 Orthodox Christian Missions Fund
    $200 Support A Mission Priest Fund
    $200 Hellenic College Holy Cross Lenten Fund
    $420 National Philoptochos General Fund
    $100 Pascha Campaign
    $100 Sisterhood of St. Basil Academy Fund
    $100 International Orthodox Christian Charities Fund
    $100 Partners in Philanthropy Fund
    $100 Scholarship Fund
    $700 Summer Camp Program - Metropolis of Detroit
    $500 A C Fires Chapter - Metropolis of Detroit
    $720 St. George Church (parishioner need)
    $2,125 Annunciation Cathedral (March 25th bake sale & ribbons)

  • Memorial Coffee Hour Fees: Parishioners of the Annunciation $150.00, Non-parishioners $200.00.  This includes 2 tables of 8 completely set with 8 plates of food, utensils, and beverages (coffee and water).  Additional tables of 8 are $25.00 each.

  • Cookbooks: Amaze your family and friends with your cooking skills! The Joy of Greek Cooking cookbooks are for sale once again! The book contains hundreds of authentic recipes from the kitchens of our parishioners. Price remains affordable at $20, or $24 which includes shipping. Porch pickup is also available in Farmington Hills.

GREENING THE PARISH INITIATIVE

The Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate are sponsoring a Greening the Parish Initiative.  The goals are to create greater awareness of the leadership of His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholemew on issues of the environment and creation.  We are looking to inspire engagement and working-together within our parish communities.  Together, we can create an attitude and culture of caring for creation within the entire Greek Orthodox community. 

Today's message is: 

Stream consciously. Did you know that streaming services create carbon emissions, in order to provide energy that is needed to keep the data flowing from remote servers to your screen or phone. Instead, download movies & TV shows to watch offline, and delete when finished.


MDSC

MDSC NEEDS YOU! Young adults (must be over 18), MDSC is actively seeking additional counselors/staff! If you or someone you know is available to serve in this fulfilling and energizing opportunity, please contact us immediately. We are in need of: Male Counselors for Week 1,2,3,4 & 5. Female Counselors for Week 2,4,& 5. Lifeguards for Week 2, 3, & 5 and Kitchen Help/Asst Cook for Weeks 2 & 5. Please visit gomdsc.org for dates of these weeks and contact us at [email protected] or or 248-909-6372 for more information on how to serve!"


NEW PARKING LOT GATES

Our parking lot management company, Park Rite, has installed gates at the three entrances to our parking lot (Monroe Street, I-375 service drive, and Lafayette Street). The gates will be open for Sunday services. For any church visits during the week, please use the Monroe Street entrance. When the parking lot attendant comes to the gate, please let him know you are there for a church visit, and he will raise the gate for you. You will NOT be charged any fee for parking in the lot for any church related visit. Also, the Lafayette gate will be open for any church sacrament event (weddings, funerals, etc.). Please note in the unlikely scenario that you pay for parking during a personal church visit, please advise the church office and your credit card charge will be reversed.


BULLETIN ARTICLES

All articles to be included in the Sunday Bulletin must be submitted by 12pm on Thursdays.
Please call the Church office at 313-965-2988 or email: [email protected].


STEWARDSHIP

"As the Father has sent me, so I send you." John 20:21. Christian stewardship is a commitment to God through our time, talent, and treasure. Your 2024 Stewardship pledge card is available in the Narthex. Please take the time to complete your card and place it in the Stewardship box.


HOLY RELICS - 'ΑΓΙΑ ΛΕΙΨΑΝΑ

The 9 Holy Relics are on display in the reliquary of the Annunciation Cathedral of Detroit for embracement and veneration for whomever wishes to do so.  The Holy relics have been safe guarded in the sanctuary of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral for over one hundred years, and it is now the time for them to be venerated and presented to all the faithful Christians.


CONFESSION

Any individual wishing to schedule an appointment for Confession with Fr. Georgios Manias may do so by contacting Father at 313-588-0829.


SACRAMENTS AND SPECIAL LITURGICAL SERVICES

Please call Fr. Georgios Manias or the Church Office to schedule and confirm in advance, Sacraments and special Liturgical services, such as Memorials and Trisagion in order to honor your beloved ones. 


MEETINGS

Meetings with Father Georgios Manias are by appointment only. Please schedule meetings through the church office or by contacting Father at 313-588-0829.  Thank you! 


LIVE STREAM OF SERVICES

Live streaming of the Annunciation Cathedral services begin at 10:00 a.m. every Sunday.  

Please go directly to our website: http://www.annunciationcathedral.org and click the link: Annunciation Cathedral Services.


DONATIONS

To contribute to our Cathedral electronically. You can either go to our website's home page and click on the "Donate" button with the following link:

http://www.annunciationcathedral.org/

Or, you can click on the following link to go directly to the "Donate" PayPal page:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=L5LRXU8CDMKJW&source=url

You also still have the option of sending your donation by check directly to the Cathedral. In this tough economic time, we greatly appreciate any contribution towards your stewardship.

707 EAST

For all your catering needs, call Ernie's direct at 586-286-8435.

Please tell your neighbors and friends of our beautiful event venue.

 


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Archdiocese News

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Leads Hands-On Environmental Initiative

05/21/2025

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His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has come to be affectionately known as “the Green Patriarch” for his pioneering and prophetic voice calling both Christians and non-Christians to care of the environment.


Upcoming: A Musical Journey into Asia Minor

05/20/2025

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Join the Romanos O Melodist Society for a Musical Journey into Asia Minor, featuring Archon Hymnodist of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Georgios Chatzichronoglou, Ara Dinkjian & the Secret Trio, and Demetrios Kehagias.


Upcoming: Musical Presentation on the Chian Byzantine Tradition

05/20/2025

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Join the Romanos the Melodist Society as Dr. Mihail Stroumbakis, fellow Chian and Associate Professor at the Patriarchal Ecclesiastical Academy of Crete, presents the rich legacy of Master Chanters and the history of Byzantine chant as cultivated and preserved on the island of Chios.


Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Pope Leo XIV Meet in Rome, Plan Nicaea Meeting in November

05/19/2025

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On Sunday, May 18, 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew flew to Rome to attend the inauguration ceremony of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. In an unforgettable moment, he prayed together with the new pontiff as Leo XIV embarks upon his journey as the spiritual leader of the world’s Roman Catholics.


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Calendar of Annunciation

  • Annunciation Calendar

    May 25 to June 8, 2025

    Sunday, May 25

    9:00AM Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:00AM Pontian Artoklasia and Memorial

    Monday, May 26

    Office closed

    9:30AM Cemetery Visitations

    Sunday, June 1

    Sunday School Graduation & Ice Cream Social

    9:00AM Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    Tuesday, June 3

    7:00PM Parish Council Meeting

    Saturday, June 7

    4:00PM Baptism - Harris

    Sunday, June 8

    9:00AM Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

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Wisdom of the Fathers

The work of God is, after all, the forming of man. He did this by an outward action, as Scripture says, 'And the Lord took clay from earth, and formed man.' Notice here too how the Lord spit on the earth, and made clay and smeared it on his eyes, showing how the ancient creation was made. He was making clear to those who can understand, that this was the [same] hand of God through which man was formed from clay.
St. Irenaeus
Against Heresies. 5.15.2. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Vol: John 1-10. Intervarsity Press, 2006, p. 324.

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Archdiocese Calendar

https://www.goarch.org/chapel/calendar

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