Annunciation/Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2024-06-23
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Annunciation/Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (215) 635-0316
  • Street Address:

  • 7921 Old York Rd.

  • Elkins Park, PA 19027


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Services Schedule

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.


Past Bulletins


Welcome to Annunciation/Evangelismnos Church!

For Our Guests & Visitors

OUR MISSION is to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, sanctify the faithful through the liturgy and the Holy Sacraments, grow the church by receiving new members, live the Orthodox Christian Faith, and serve humanity through Christ-centered ministries.

OUR VISION is to be a loving, caring, and welcoming Christian community where everyone belongs and grows in the Orthodox Christian Faith through worship, witness, fellowship, and service to others.

HOLY COMMUNION is offered to those baptized and confirmed in the Eastern Orthodox Christian Faith who have prepared according to the Orthodox Tradition. Guests and visitors are welcome to worship with us and receive the antidoron (“instead of the gifts”) blessed bread at the dismissal.
Please allow Catechism School children to receive Holy Communion first, followed by the newly baptized infants. When you approach the chalice, please give the priest your baptismal name.

GUESTS AND VISITORS: Enter your contact information in the Guest Book at the narthex if you want us to contact you and join us for fellowship hour in our church hall following the liturgy.


Weekend Update

Saturday of Souls, June 22, 2024

  • 8:30 am - Matins, 9:30 Divine Liturgy (please submit here the names of your loved departed ones to be commemorated)
  • We will offer memorial prayers (1 year)  for the peaceful repose of the soul of Anthony Poulos of blessed memory.
  • 11:30 am - Fr. John will offer graveside trisagion prayers at Lawnview Cemetery.
  • 12:30 pm - Fr. John will offer graveside trisagion prayers at Whitemarsh Cemetery.

Pentecost Sunday, June 23, 2024
Κυριακὴ τῆς Πεντηκοστῆς, 23 Ιουνίου, 2024. Το κήρυγμα εδώ

  • 8:30 am - Matins, 9:30 Divine Liturgy
  • 40-day mother and child blessing:
    1. Zoe Joanna, newborn daughter of Connie (Ζervoudis) and Harry Laspee.
    2. Ophelia Charis, newborn daughter of Jasmine (Vlahos) & Brian Carney. Congratulations!
  • Join us for a potluck luncheon after the divine liturgy hosted by our Parish Council. Bring your favorite dish or a dish from a culture that means something to you. The church will provide refreshments.
  • 2 pm - Wedding: Eleni Pappas and Nicholas DiMascia. Congratulations!

Monday of the Holy Spirit, June 24, 2024
Nativity of the Forerunner John the Baptist

  • 8:30 am - Matins, 9:30 Divine Liturgy

Saturday June 29, 2024
Peter and Paul, the Holy Apostles

  • 8:30 am - Matins, 9:30 Divine Liturgy
  • 40-day mother and child blessing: Oliver Reese, newborn son of  Angelica & Benjamin Worthington. Congratulations!

Sunday, June 30, 2024
Synaxis of the Twelve Holy Apostles

  • 8:30 am - Matins, 9:30 Divine Liturgy
  • Our GOYA will host the coffee fellowship hour.

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Mode. Psalm 18.4,1.
Their voice has gone out into all the earth.
Verse: The heavens declare the glory of God.

The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11.

WHEN THE DAY of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. And they were amazed and wondered, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontos and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God."

Προκείμενον. Plagal Fourth Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 18.4,1.
Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν.
Στίχ. Οἱ οὐρανοὶ διηγοῦνται δόξαν Θεοῦ.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων 2:1-11.

Ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς Πεντηκοστῆς, ἦσαν ἅπαντεςN ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. Καὶ ἐγένετο ἄφνω ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἦχος ὥσπερ φερομένης πνοῆς βιαίας, καὶ ἐπλήρωσεν ὅλον τὸν οἶκον οὗ ἦσαν καθήμενοι. Καὶ ὤφθησαν αὐτοῖς διαμεριζόμεναι γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός, ἐκάθισέν τε ἐφʼ ἕνα ἕκαστον αὐτῶν. Καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν ἅπαντες πνεύματος ἁγίου, καὶ ἤρξαντο λαλεῖν ἑτέραις γλώσσαις, καθὼς τὸ πνεῦμα ἐδίδου αὐτοῖς ἀποφθέγγεσθαι. Ἦσαν δὲ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ κατοικοῦντες Ἰουδαῖοι, ἄνδρες εὐλαβεῖς, ἀπὸ παντὸς ἔθνους τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν. Γενομένης δὲ τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης, συνῆλθεν τὸ πλῆθος καὶ συνεχύθη, ὅτι ἤκουον εἷς ἕκαστος τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ λαλούντων αὐτῶν. Ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ ἐθαύμαζον, λέγοντες πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Οὐκ ἰδοὺ πάντες οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ λαλοῦντες Γαλιλαῖοι; Καὶ πῶς ἡμεῖς ἀκούομεν ἕκαστος τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ ἡμῶν ἐν ᾗ ἐγεννήθημεν; Πάρθοι καὶ Μῆδοι καὶ Ἐλαμῖται, καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν, Ἰουδαίαν τε καὶ Καππαδοκίαν, Πόντον καὶ τὴν Ἀσίαν, Φρυγίαν τε καὶ Παμφυλίαν, Αἴγυπτον καὶ τὰ μέρη τῆς Λιβύης τῆς κατὰ Κυρήνην, καὶ οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες Ῥωμαῖοι, Ἰουδαῖοί τε καὶ προσήλυτοι, Κρῆτες καὶ Ἄραβες, ἀκούομεν λαλούντων αὐτῶν ταῖς ἡμετέραις γλώσσαις τὰ μεγαλεῖα τοῦ θεοῦ.


Gospel Reading

Holy Pentecost
The Reading is from John 7:37-52; 8:12

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, "If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, 'Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This is really the prophet." Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" So there was a division among the people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

The officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?" The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!" The Pharisees answered them, "Are you led astray, you also? Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd, who do not know the law, are accursed." Nikodemos, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?" They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee." Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Holy Pentecost
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 7:37-52, 8:12

᾿Εν δὲ τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ τῆς ἑορτῆς εἱστήκει ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ ἔκραξε λέγων· ἐάν τις διψᾷ, ἐρχέσθω πρός με καὶ πινέτω. ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, καθὼς εἶπεν ἡ γραφή, ποταμοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσιν ὕδατος ζῶντος. τοῦτο δὲ εἶπε περὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος οὗ ἔμελλον λαμβάνειν οἱ πιστεύοντες εἰς αὐτόν· οὔπω γὰρ ἦν Πνεῦμα ῞Αγιον, ὅτι ᾿Ιησοῦς οὐδέπω ἐδοξάσθη. Πολλοὶ οὖν ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον ἔλεγον· οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ προφήτης· ἄλλοι ἔλεγον· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός· ἄλλοι ἔλεγον· μὴ γὰρ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ὁ Χριστὸς ἔρχεται; οὐχὶ ἡ γραφὴ εἶπεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Δαυῒδ καὶ ἀπὸ Βηθλεὲμ τῆς κώμης, ὅπου ἦν Δαυΐδ, ὁ Χριστὸς ἔρχεται; σχίσμα οὖν ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ἐγένετο δι᾽ αὐτόν. τινὲς δὲ ἤθελον ἐξ αὐτῶν πιάσαι αὐτόν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδεὶς ἐπέβαλεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν τὰς χεῖρας. ῏Ηλθον οὖν οἱ ὑπηρέται πρὸς τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ Φαρισαίους, καὶ εἶπον αὐτοῖς ἐκεῖνοι· διατί οὐκ ἠγάγετε αὐτόν; ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ ὑπηρέται· οὐδέποτε οὕτως ἐλάλησεν ἄνθρωπος, ὡς οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος. ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν αὐτοῖς οἱ Φαρισαῖοι· μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς πεπλάνησθε; μή τις ἐκ τῶν ἀρχόντων ἐπίστευσεν εἰς αὐτὸν ἢ ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων; ἀλλ᾽ ὁ ὄχλος οὗτος ὁ μὴ γινώσκων τὸν νόμον ἐπικατάρατοί εἰσι! λέγει Νικόδημος πρὸς αὐτούς, ὁ ἐλθὼν νυκτὸς πρὸς αὐτόν, εἷς ὢν ἐξ αὐτῶν· μὴ ὁ νόμος ἡμῶν κρίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ πρότερον καὶ γνῷ τί ποιεῖ; ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ· μὴ καὶ σὺ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶ; ἐρεύνησον καὶ ἴδε ὅτι προφήτης ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας οὐκ ἐγήγερται. Πάλιν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐλάλησε λέγων· ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου· ὁ ἀκολουθῶν ἐμοὶ οὐ μὴ περιπατήσῃ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, ἀλλ᾽ ἕξει τὸ φῶς τῆς ζωῆς.


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Youth Ministries

GOYA Activities

  • IONIAN VILLAGE 2024. Embark on the summer of a lifetime in Greece, delving deep into your Greek Orthodox faith and Hellenic heritage. Ionian Village, nestled along the pristine Ionian Sea, offers the perfect setting for an unforgettable summer adventure, complete with a private beach, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, basketball courts, a soccer field, and much more! Registration information here.


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Community News & Events

New Reserved Parking Spots

We are pleased to inform you that  we have added two (2) additional Reserved Parking spaces for the disabled in front of our church, for a total of five (5) spaces.

Please note the markings on  the pavement for the old spaces and the post signs for the new.

Thank you for saving these spaces  for our parishioners  with mobility needs.


Are You Traveling for Your Summer Vacation?

A. Find a local Orthodox church to attend here

B. Register your child(ren) for fall 2024 Youth Ministries (coming soon)

C. Continue your church donations through Vanco here


Parish Office Help Needed

We need parish office coverage from Tuesday, July 9 to Friday, July 26.
It involves answering the phone, light office work, and receiving some supplies.

 

Please sign up here or let George know what days and times you can help.

Any help is appreciated!


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Focus on Our Church Family

Pastoral Care: If you or someone you know is sick, homebound elderly, or scheduled for surgery, please call the church office to let us know so Fr. John can make a pastoral visit or add someone to the prayer list.

In Our Prayers: “Pray for one another that you might be healed.” (James 5:16): Josephine, Emma, Paulette, Virginia, Effie, James, Grace, Hollie, Valerie, Virginia, Rizos, Brad, Elaine, Diane, Evangelia, Vaitsa, Donna, Anastasia, Michael, Kyriaki, Olga, Angela, Kira, Effie, John.

Names will be kept on this list for approximately 3 months. Please resubmit Names if needed. Fr. John will include the submitted names at the Psokomide “Offering of Gifts” during the first part of the liturgy when he prepares the mystical gifts of bread & wine. Please lift these names up to the Lord in your personal prayer life as well.

Prayer for healing: Heavenly Father, physician of our souls and bodies, who have sent our Lord to heal every sickness. Visit and heal us. Grant patience in this sickness, strength of body and spirit, and recovery of health. Lord, You have taught us to pray for each other that we may be healed. We pray that You heal, guide and protect your servant (s) (pray by name for those who are sick) and grant them the gift of complete health. You are the source of healing, and to You we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

Happy Wedding Anniversary to those Celebrating this Week:  Kimberly & William Koutsouros, Athena & Loukas Louca, Vrisida & Philip Nanos, Despina & James Peterman, Angelique & Yiorgos Hatzinikolaou, Despina & Theodosios Sourias, Alexsandra & Richard Wrigley, Robin & Stefanos Haviaras, Maria & James McNally, Demetra & Daniel Pithis, Vasiliki & Robert Hadgimallis, Barbara & Kevin Kelly, Angela & Steven Kernaghan, Karidas Maria & George Sardis, Kimberly & Ioakim Koutsouradis, Demetra & Leontios Diamantas.

Χρόνια Πολλά & Ευλογηµένα! God Grant You Many Years! To Those Who are Celebrating Birthdays this Coming Week:  Erin Gouris, Evangeline Gouzouasis, Georgia Ioakimidis, Ellie Kagiavas, Robert Klebanoff, Evangeline Limberakis, Dimitri McNally, Melissa Prousi, Alexandra Georgiou, Anna Penning, Alexandros Chrisant, William Chrisant, Andreas Hagiandreu, Patra Karidas, Mathew Vafiadis, Christine Vlahos, Christina Warner, Michael Christou, Constantine Fournaris, Panagiotis Kyriakou, Elisavet Loizos, Stephen Maris, Gregory Psaroudis, Marisa Verros, Tara Evangelista, Mark Pasles, Anne Prousi, Anastasia Psoras, Dimitra Ganas, Louis Grau, Anthony Limberakis, Georgios Proios, Xanthi Stathis.

Do We Have Your Birthday and Anniversary Dates?

We include upcoming birthdays and anniversaries in our bulletin to help us celebrate each other's milestones and get to know each other better.
If you notice that your birthday or anniversary is not included in our weekly bulletin, it means that we do not have that information from you. We ask you kindly to contact the parish office and provide us with those dates.
This information also gives us a better understanding of our community's demographics, which helps us improve our ministries and how we serve you.
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Archdiocese News

Sunday Sermon Series: Holy Pentecost June 23

06/17/2024

This week, find insights about the upcoming Gospel reading, where we learn about Jesus making us vessels of living water. What is the mission of the Church? How can we understand God as a Trinity? How does the Holy Spirit sustain the Church as a community of believers?


Juneteenth Ecumenical Prayer Service at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at World Trade Center (New York) June 19, 2024

06/17/2024

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at World Trade Center (New York) will host the first Juneteenth Ecumenical Prayer Service on June 19, 2024, at 12 p.m. ET.


His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey Celebrates Feast of Our Lord at Ascension Greek Orthodox Church in Fairview, NJ

06/18/2024

On Thursday, June 13, 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey celebrated the Feastday of the Ascension of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at the Ascension Greek Orthodox Church in Fairview, New Jersey.


Keeping the Greek rural areas alive through Strengthening the Agricultural Sector

06/18/2024

While there are high-quality Greek products that are exported around the world offering high added value to the Greek economy, it is a fact that Greece's agricultural sector faces significant challenges and threats. The fragmentation of arable land, the small size of many production units and competition from third countries that either produce products with economies of scale or have greater marketing resources are putting considerable pressure on Greek production.


St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine Celebrates the 256th Anniversary of Greek Landing Day June 26, 2024

06/18/2024

Family and Friends are invited to join the City of St. Augustine Greek Landing Day Proclamation and Colonists’ Memorial at the St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine located at 41 St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida.


Registration Open for Orthodox Christian Fellowship's 2024 Summer Leadership Institute

06/18/2024

SLI is a place to discover and discern your vocation as an Orthodox Christian. Don’t hesitate. Join Orthodox Christian Fellowship and Hellenic College Holy Cross this summer from August 5-11!


The Black American Orthodox Experience on OCN, Season 2 Episode 9: An Interview with Demetrius and Thekla Caldwell: Being Authentically Black American and Authentically Orthodox

06/17/2024

In this nineth episode of “The Black American Orthodox Experience” (season 2), a collaboration of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Orthodox Christian Network, Rev. Samuel Davis engages in a profound conversation with two recent converts, Demetrius and Thekla, who have embraced Orthodoxy over the past year.


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