We invite you to worship with us on Sundays and on holy days to Matins at 8:30 and Divine Liturgy at 9:30-11 a.m. Join us for coffee fellowship afterwards.
For those unable to attend in person, install the GOA Ages Initiatives App on your phone or tablet to see the liturgy text and pray with us through our Facebook Livestream.
Sunday before Holy Cross, September 10, 2023
Κυριακή πρό τῆς Ὑψώσεως, 10 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2023. Το κήρυγμα εδώ
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Thursday, September 14, 2023
The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross.
Ἡ Ύψωσις τοῦ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ
Please bring basil branches and plans for the procession & blessing.
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Sunday after Holy Cross, September 17, 2023
Κυριακή μετά τήν Ύψωσιν
Catechism School, HOPE, JOY, & GOYA Youth Groups, Altar Servers, Greek Language & Culture School, Basketball, and Greek Folk Dance. One-stop online registration here: 2023-2024 Youth Ministries Registration
WELCOME BACK, meet and greet get-together after the divine liturgy of the Elevation of the Holy Cross on Thursday, Sept. 14th.
Light refreshments will be provided.
For more details, please contact Maria (215) 885-0242, Beth (215-659-3437), or Susan (215) 901-6264.
Our Young at Heart ministry provides fellowship and friendship for our 65 and above mature adults.
Each person in the church is vital to the health and growth of the church. Older Christians' rich experience and seasoned gifts are indispensable resources to our congregation. In addition, our church is committed to encouraging the Young at Heart to maintain their involvement in the church's life. There's a place for you at Annunciation! Ministries need your skills, abilities, and maturity!
"To everything, there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven" Ecclesiastes 3:1.
Matthew 25 welcomes everyone back and is ready to begin its new season of service. Schools are just starting, and our message resonates with those less fortunate than ourselves. Many of us experienced a summer of travel, fun, sun, and social gatherings, with food always surrounding us. A few miles down the road, other families worry about how they will provide the next meal or stretch their little money for a few more weeks. It's not only families but our elderly, single, sick, etc. We hear stories of struggles as we converse with the pantries and the shoppers, and as we often say in our bulletins, "We are humbled." That feeling never changes and continues to pull at our heartstrings.
Matthew 25 will continue to serve the underserved in our local suburbs. We try to help other pantries if needs are shared with us along with Mattie Dixon Homework Club. We will prepare for our Annual Turkey Drive and Angel Tree next month. If you would like to get involved, please reach out to us. We can only do as much as possible through your donations. We are always appreciative of your gift in any amount.
We are blessed to serve Matthew 25 under the direction of Father John and our Annunciation Church. We will work hard this fall to continue our ministries' work in caring for our neighbors battling food insecurities. If you choose to donate non-perishable food, please get in touch with one of us, and we will pick it up from the M25 bin. We receive very little regarding non-perishables and are back to shopping and delivering most of our deliveries.
We wish everyone a safe and Happy Labor Day! We will work hard to fulfill our duty to God this new ecclesiastical year.
In Christ's Service,
Sophia & Lisa
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Food for thought: "If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one "~ Dolly Parton
Every few months, we purchase a few items for the church from Agia Skepi Monastery in New Heaven, PA (Poconos). If you plan to visit the Monastery and would like to help us by bringing those items to the church, please let us know at the church office, and we can arrange with the Monastery.
Thank you!
Happy wedding anniversary to those celebrating this week: Katrina & Christopher Maples, Ginovefa & Panajot Gjoka, Jennifer & Frank Petronis, Lydia & Steve Mcdermott, Claudia & Stefanos Mitsas.
Χρόνια πολλά & ευλογηµένα! God grant you many years! To those who are celebrating birthdays this coming week: Jamie Cloak, Ana Cosmatos, Alexandra Kyriakatos, Anna Pagano, Chris Papadeas, Matthew Stolarczyk, Elaine Storace, Randy Cunningham, Elena Lepage, Alexandros Varoumas, John Varoumas, Sofia Dinneen, Gregory Mariani, Hadrian O’Hara, Lemonia Paidas, Demitra Papakostantinou, Amanda Gutchigian, Dimitria Sfarnas, Stefanie Grigorakakis, Evangelos Vassilakis, Alba Couppas, Irene Halkias, Vasilis Karasavas, Spiro Koltsaklis, Anna Marie Loizos, Barbara Louridas, Christopher Matarangas, Marigo Psaroudis, Stavros Angelucci, Efthimia Bastas-Christie, Michael Bouikidis, Maria Holahan, Ana Kiscaden, Joseph Kiscaden, Antonios Pitsakis, Leonardo Prospero.
Prokeimenon. Plagal Second Mode. Psalm 27.9,1.
O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance.
Verse: To you, O Lord, I have cried, O my God.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:11-18.
Brethren, see with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God. Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.
Προκείμενον. Plagal Second Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 27.9,1.
Σῶσον, Κύριε τὸν λαὸν σου καὶ εὐλόγησον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου.
Στίχ. Πρὸς σἐ, Κύριε, κεκράξομαι ὁ Θεός μου.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Γαλάτας 6:11-18.
Ἀδελφοί, ἴδετε πηλίκοις ὑμῖν γράμμασιν ἔγραψα τῇ ἐμῇ χειρί. Ὅσοι θέλουσιν εὐπροσωπῆσαι ἐν σαρκί, οὗτοι ἀναγκάζουσιν ὑμᾶς περιτέμνεσθαι, μόνον ἵνα μὴ τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Χριστοῦ διώκωνται. Οὐδὲ γὰρ οἱ περιτετμημένοι αὐτοὶ νόμον φυλάσσουσιν, ἀλλὰ θέλουσιν ὑμᾶς περιτέμνεσθαι, ἵνα ἐν τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ σαρκὶ καυχήσωνται. Ἐμοὶ δὲ μὴ γένοιτο καυχᾶσθαι εἰ μὴ ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· διʼ οὗ ἐμοὶ κόσμος ἐσταύρωται, κἀγὼ τῷ κόσμῳ. Ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ οὔτε περιτομή τι ἰσχύει, οὔτε ἀκροβυστία, ἀλλὰ καινὴ κτίσις. Καὶ ὅσοι τῷ κανόνι τούτῳ στοιχήσουσιν, εἰρήνη ἐπʼ αὐτούς, καὶ ἔλεος, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ θεοῦ. Τοῦ λοιποῦ, κόπους μοι μηδεὶς παρεχέτω· ἐγὼ γὰρ τὰ στίγματα τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματί μου βαστάζω. Ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί. Ἀμήν.
Sunday before Holy Cross
The Reading is from John 3:13-17
The Lord said, "No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him."
Sunday before Holy Cross
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 3:13-17
Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀναβέβηκεν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εἰ μὴ ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς, ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁ ὤν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ. καὶ καθὼς Μωϋσῆς ὕψωσε τὸν ὄφιν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οὕτως ὑψωθῆναι δεῖ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ' ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον. Οὕτω γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ' ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον. οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλ' ἵνα σωθῇ ὁ κόσμος δι' αὐτοῦ.
These Martyrs, sisters according to the flesh, were from Bithynia. They lived in virginity on a mountain near the Pythian hot springs of Bithynia, devoting themselves to asceticism and prayer. Betrayed to the local governor, Fronto, they were subjected to frightful tortures, and so gave up their holy souls into the hands of God. They contested for the Faith during the reign of Maximian, in the year 304.
Saturday, September 23, 2023
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This week, find insights about the upcoming Gospel reading, where we learn about the people in the desert being bit by serpents. What was the solution given to Moses at that time? How does that relate to us and to the Crucifixion of Christ? Also, how does the Cross heal us?
Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am profoundly grateful for this occasion to address such an esteemed ecumenical gathering, and I want to express special thanks to all of the dedicated persons of Aid to the Church in Need. For over three quarters of a century, you have pursued a righteous ministry on behalf of religious liberty and intense advocacy on behalf of those who suffer persecution around the world.
The organizing committee for the 47th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America convened its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, September 5, 2023.
12th Annual Banquet to Benefit IOCC
Date: Sunday, October 29, 2023
Time: 3:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Adelphia Restaurant, Pan Athenian Grand Ballroom
1750 Clements Bridge Rd.
Deptford, NJ 08096