Annunciation/Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2024-08-18
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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.


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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 follow the ushers' directions for the order of Communion.  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

8th Sunday of Matthew, August 18, 2024

  • 8:30 am - Matins, 9:30 Divine Liturgy
  • We welcome Fr. Gregory Rubis who is the celebrant substitute priest.
  • Our Philoptochos will host our coffee fellowship hour.

9th Sunday of Matthew, August 25, 2024

  • 8:30 am - Matins, 9:30 Divine Liturgy
  • We will offer memorial prayers for the peaceful repose of the soul of Theophilos Malitas of blessed memory (3 years).
  • Our GOYA will host our coffee fellowship hour.

Thursday, August 29
Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John. Strict fast day


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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Grave Mode. Psalm 28.11,1.
The Lord will give strength to his people.
Verse: Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:10-17.

Brethren, I appeal to you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of you says, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Cephas," or "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispos and Gaius; lest any one should say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Προκείμενον. Grave Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 28.11,1.
Κύριος ἰσχὺν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ δώσει.
Στίχ. Ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ, ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ δόξαν καὶ τιμήν.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κορινθίους α' 1:10-17.

Ἀδελφοί, παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἵνα τὸ αὐτὸ λέγητε πάντες, καὶ μὴ ᾖ ἐν ὑμῖν σχίσματα, ἦτε δὲ κατηρτισμένοι ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ νοῒ καὶ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ γνώμῃ. Ἐδηλώθη γάρ μοι περὶ ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί μου, ὑπὸ τῶν Χλόης, ὅτι ἔριδες ἐν ὑμῖν εἰσιν. Λέγω δὲ τοῦτο, ὅτι ἕκαστος ὑμῶν λέγει, Ἐγὼ μέν εἰμι Παύλου, Ἐγὼ δὲ Ἀπολλώ, Ἐγὼ δὲ Κηφᾶ, Ἐγὼ δὲ Χριστοῦ. Μεμέρισται ὁ Χριστός; Μὴ Παῦλος ἐσταυρώθη ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, ἢ εἰς τὸ ὄνομα Παύλου ἐβαπτίσθητε; Εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ ὅτι οὐδένα ὑμῶν ἐβάπτισα, εἰ μὴ Κρίσπον καὶ Γάϊον· ἵνα μή τις εἴπῃ ὅτι εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα ἐβάπτισα. Ἐβάπτισα δὲ καὶ τὸν Στεφανᾶ οἶκον· λοιπὸν οὐκ οἶδα εἴ τινα ἄλλον ἐβάπτισα. Οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλέν με Χριστὸς βαπτίζειν, ἀλλʼ εὐαγγελίζεσθαι· οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ λόγου, ἵνα μὴ κενωθῇ ὁ σταυρὸς τοῦ Χριστοῦ.


Gospel Reading

8th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 14:14-22

At that time, Jesus saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." They said to him, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." And he said, "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.

8th Sunday of Matthew
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 14:14-22

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐξελθὼν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶδε πολὺν ὄχλον, καὶ ἐσπλαγχνίσθη ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐθεράπευσε τοὺς ἀρρώστους αὐτῶν. ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες· ἔρημός ἐστιν ὁ τόπος καὶ ἡ ὥρα ἤδη παρῆλθεν· ἀπόλυσον τοὺς ὄχλους, ἵνα ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὰς κώμας ἀγοράσωσιν ἑαυτοῖς βρώματα. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν ἀπελθεῖν· δότε αὐτοῖς ὑμεῖς φαγεῖν. οἱ δὲ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· οὐκ ἔχομεν ὧδε εἰ μὴ πέντε ἄρτους καὶ δύο ἰχθύας. ὁ δὲ εἶπε· φέρετέ μοι αὐτοὺς ὧδε. καὶ κελεύσας τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνακλιθῆναι ἐπὶ τοὺς χόρτους, λαβὼν τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους καὶ τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας, ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εὐλόγησε, καὶ κλάσας ἔδωκε τοῖς μαθηταῖς τοὺς ἄρτους, οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ τοῖς ὄχλοις. καὶ ἔφαγον πάντες καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν, καὶ ἦραν τὸ περισσεῦον τῶν κλασμάτων δώδεκα κοφίνους πλήρεις. οἱ δὲ ἐσθίοντες ἦσαν ἄνδρες ὡσεὶ πεντακισχίλιοι χωρὶς γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων. Καὶ εὐθέως ἠνάγκασεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἐμβῆναι εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καὶ προάγειν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ πέραν, ἕως οὗ ἀπολύσῃ τοὺς ὄχλους.


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Youth Ministries

Register your child (ren) now for September 2024!

One-stop Youth Ministries online registration here: 2024-2025 Youth Ministries Registration

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Community News & Events

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 here
C. Continue your church donations through Vanco here


Homeless Ministry News

We hope and pray everyone is enjoying the summer in good health. Our next serving date at Aviator Park is on August 29th. Please CLICK HERE if you are able to join us to help serve or would like to donate food.

Thank you for your continued prayers and support! 


Matthew 25 Ministry News

“Anyone who tries to make brownies without butter should be arrested.” Ina Garten

How many of us think nothing about baking a little something sweet to indulge our families with? It’s pretty simple for most of us as we reach into our pantries and refrigerators and pull out the necessary ingredients to bake a cake or make cookies. Worse case scenario, we run to the market and think nothing about buying dessert or any ingredients we don’t have on hand for our recipe. We received a monthly blast from Seeds of Hope summarizing their summer and a few other notable things. It really got our hearts pumping and gearing up for the fall as M25 prepared for the new ecclesiastical year. Kay Negley, the pantry’s director, mentioned that numbers didn’t wane over the summer. There is generally a significant drop in shoppers during the warmer months. Sadly, this was not the case due to inflation at the pump, cost to cool our homes, and naturally the rise in the cost of groceries. People with food insecurities just can't seem to catch a break! They sent a photo from the pantry showing a meager baking shelf. We thought to ourselves, why a baking shelf? Easy, everyone wants a treat.

People with food insecurities have birthdays, milestones, and a sweet tooth just like the rest of us. We don’t often think of supplying a pantry with the simple pleasures of baking mixes, flour, sugar , oil, and even chocolate chips. We didn’t come up with this list of requested foods, and we weren’t even planning on asking for these items.. It just felt right to ask our community to help us out and bring small packages of each to church until the middle of September. We would love to make an abundant delivery in the next 6 weeks. How nice for kids and loved ones to come home to fresh baked cookies, cake,bread, or even a healthy muffin? Please consider donating a small bag of sugar or vegetable oil or flour. We would be so grateful. Please drop off any food items in the bin in the cove by the Sunday School classrooms. We will purchase all the perishable foods like we always do. If you prefer a Vanco donation, we encourage this as well, and M25 will pick up some of the requested items for you. We often shop at Walmart for flour, sugar, and oil. Walmart has some of the lowest prices and offers small sizes. If you prefer something healthy, pick up some peanut butter and oatmeal. We will be happy to take anything you deliver that isn’t expired.

Thank you for supporting Matthew 25 and we hope that you continue to enjoy your summer! Enjoy the day and all its beauty.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: “Choose to be in touch with what is wonderful, refreshing, and healing within yourself and around you. “
- Nhat Hahn


Philadelphia FOCUS Center Job Opening

FOCUS North America is searching for a qualified candidate to fill the position of Center Director for its FOCUS Philadelphia ministry location. Please see the job description and application here.


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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): Rizos, Brad, Elaine, Diane, Evangelia, Vaitsa, Donna, Anastasia, Michael, Kyriaki, Olga, Angela, Kira, Effie, John, Demetrios, Kyriaki, Maria, Noel.

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:  Kristen & George Karanikas, Michelle & Nicholas Marmarou, Vicky & George Pavlou, Marigo & Konstantinos Psaroudis, Stamatia & Konstantinos Sklikas, Anastasia & Greg Driscoll, Victoria & Scott Ghiz, Noula & George Gouletsas, Polikriti & George Vafiadis.

Χρόνια Πολλά & Ευλογηµένα! God Grant You Many Years! To Those Who are Celebrating Birthdays this Coming Week:  James Armentani, Chrysanthos Georgiou, Peter O’Hara, Alexander Otto, Katerina Otto, Despina Psaroudis, Connie Bandy, Kelly Brady, William Economou, Eun Georgiou, Angela Kernaghan, Dimitra Psilos, Venetia Voutsinas, Isadora Warner, Dimitri Diagne, Mihalis Dimitriou, Philip Louridas, Chrisovalantis Mountis, Damian Oratis, Athanasios Papanikolaou, Theodore Contoudis, Alexandra Pappas, John Fkiaras, Eleni Peltekis, Peter Skoutelas, Ioannis Gouletsas, Ellen Papacostas, Christina Stathis, Marc Storace.

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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Cappella Romana Publishing Releases First Complete English Language Collection of Byzantine Chant for the Divine Liturgy

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Now available from Cappella Romana Publishing is Samuel Herron’s The Divine Liturgy, the first complete English-language collection of all of the hymns for the Eucharistic service of the Orthodox Church, composed in Byzantine notation and employing the official translation of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in one volume.


Department of Religious Education (DRE)’s Did You Know: Did you know that when we pray the Jesus Prayer, we are praying for the whole world?

08/08/2024

When we pray the Jesus Prayer, we pray not only for ourselves but for all people, as we are called to pray for everyone (1 Timothy 2:1).


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