Artoklasia

The Artoklasia today is offered for the Feast of Panagia Prousiotissa by Effrosyni Aroni.

Ministry Fair – Sunday, September 8

Join us at Coffee Fellowship to learn more about our many ministries and register for Catechism School, Greek School, Greek Dance, Youth Groups, Basketball Adult Ministries and more.

Orthodoxy 101 – An Introduction to the Orthodox Church - Starting Tuesday, September 10, 2024

As new catechumens or lifelong Orthodox Christians wishing to deepen their understanding of the Faith, this 11-week course, led by Father Nikolas, is geared to give an overview of the life and faith of an Orthodox Christian. Come set your faith on a firm foundation and/or reorient yourself as a lifelong learner of The Way (an ancient term for the Christian Orthodox Faith).

Topics explored include the history of Orthodox Christianity, the Church Calendar, the Divine Liturgy, the Sacraments of the Church, the Role of The Virgin Mary in Church, Life After Death, and many more.  All are welcome!

Tuesdays – September 10, 2024 – December 10, 2024 5:45PM-6:45PM in the Parish Hall.

Assumption Church Family Picnic – Sunday, September 15, 2024 - 12:15PM-3:00PM

Stay tuned for more details!

Protomagiatiko Church Dance - Sunday, April 27, 2025

Save the Date!! Amber Room, Live Greek band, great food and lots of dancing!!

Dear fellow parishioners,

Please note that there is a sophisticated email phishing scam targeting parishioners across our Metropolis and the Archdiocese.  The scam involves a fake invitation, typically from punch bowl.

Clicking on the link takes you to a highly sophisticated-- yet fraudulent--website that prompts you to enter in your e-mail credentials. The web site is fake (The domain name ends in .TOP)

Once you enter your e-mail and password to log in and view the invitation, all information in your account which potentially includes banking information, contacts, and other sensitive data will be available to the hackers.

If you have inadvertently received such an email from a family member, friend, or parishioner, please notify both the individual and your email service provider. 

To help keep our parish community safe, please ensure that:

·    All Mac and Windows computers you use are running up-to-date anti-virus software, 

·    All your email accounts are secured with two-factor authentication, and that 

·    All operating systems are set to update automatically.

Thank you.

Adult Choir Calendar

AUGUST

Sun 8/25 Congregational Singing for Liturgies

SEPTEMBER

Sun 9/1 Congregational Singing – Last Sunday
Sun 9/8 Adult Choir 1st Sunday back
Rehearsal 9:00 – 9:45 am followed by singing the Liturgy

SIGN UP FOR LEADING CONGREGATIONAL SINGING

Please contact (call/text) Cindy Ziemnicki at 203-300-2304 if you are interested in leading the Assumption Congregation in song during the Summer Liturgies.

A Communal Singing Book for our parish is being drafted and will help facilitate the singing of our Liturgy.  Please contact Fr. Nikolas if you are interested in sponsoring their publication and printing.

Assumption Church Greek School 2024-2025

Highlights Focusing on Language and Culture:

Our Greek School program is expanding its curriculum next year with the addition of a Hellenic Cultural Hour! Students will be immersed in Cultural topics each month during our regular school hours. 

Our classes will meet on Tuesdays from 4:45-6:45pm. 

Our first class will be September 17, 2025.

If you have not registered for the 2024-2025 school year, please register at the Ministry Fair which will be held on Sunday, September 8th during Coffee Hour.

If you have any questions, you can contact Paraskevi at [email protected].

Philosophy of our Program

Our Greek School program focuses on listening, speaking, reading, and writing. After completing our program, our goal is for our students to:

• Read and understand passages of texts
• Engage in conversations about themselves (age, grade, interests)
• Develop fluency in the Greek language
• Write a letter to a family member or friend
• Write about something that is important to them (favorite food, holiday, movie, sport, etc)
• Learn about important landmarks in Greece
• Understand important holidays and customs in Greece and how we celebrate them in the United States
• Participate in cultural events (OXI day, March 25th, etc)

Students may have the opportunity to take the Comprehensive Exam in Modern Greek after all levels have been successfully completed. Students must be at least thirteen years old in order to take the exam and, in some instances, it provides foreign language credit at the high school level.

The Assumption Church Afternoon Greek School follows all guidelines set by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and is committed to providing an excellent education in all aspects of the Greek language. We will continue with the curriculum and series of books from Papaloizos Publications and supplement with materials published by the Department of Greek Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.

Pray with us by subscribing to the Assumption YouTube channel 

https://www.youtube.com/@assumptionchurchdanbury

Or by visiting our Assumption page on Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/assumptiongreekorthodoxchurch/videos

Live events will be streamed on both these services on programmed service hours.