Baptism

Oct 13 - Ava Madelyn, daughter of Gina and Frank DeRosa of Ridgefield, CT. Sponsor is Melanie Gounardes of Brooklyn, NY.

Να μας ζήσει! Grant, O Lord, a prosperous life, peace, health, salvation, progress in faith and all good things, to Your newly illumined servant!

Thank you to Marian Gioles for sponsoring today's Coffee Fellowship in loving memory of her sister, Katherine Tsitsos, and her nephew, John Tsitsos.

Thank you to the Amperidis family for hosting this Sunday's Agape Coffee Fellowship.

If you'd like to be a hostess or host please contact Barbara Soldano, Danai Sachinidou or Linda Dallaku at [email protected]. You can also sign up at Agape Sunday fellowship/coffee hour. 

Philoptochos only organizes and oversees fellowship, as it should be every steward’s kind offering to host once a year.

For Agape Fellowship Sponsoring opportunities/availability please contact Margot Racano at: [email protected].

Orthodoxy 101 Tuesdays at 5:45PM - 6:45PM in the Parish Hall

Open to inquirers, catechumens, and/or lifelong Orthodox Christians wishing to deepen their experience of the Faith, this 11-session spiritual enrichment ministry led by Father Nikolas offers an overview of the life and faith of an Orthodox Christian. 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). Essential for catechumens, open to everyone!

LIGHT + LIFE Wednesdays in the Church following 5:45pm Divine Services

Scheduled sessions will cover a variety of Scripture Readings & Saints together with Fasts & Feast Days from our Greek Orthodox Synaxarion and lectionary.

Our next Breaking Bread Sunday potluck is scheduled for October 27, 2024. Topics to be covered over the course of the Breaking Bread Sundays include: Creation, Humanity and the Fall; Death, Dying and Memorializing; Good Standing - what does this mean? Baptism & Chrismation - Initiation into the Body of Christ, a Community of Faith (subject to additions/modification).

Fanari Directory 2024

We are preparing to print a new directory and need to update our parishioner contact information.

Please email [email protected] if there has been a change in your name, address, phone number and/or email address since the last printing of the directory in 2022. Or if you are new to our parish and are not listed in the current directory, please email the above information to be listed.

Feed the Hungry Ministry Annual Winter Coat, Hat and Gloves Drive

Beginning November 3 - We have another opportunity to help the homeless in our community. Winter coats are desperately needed!! Please take advantage of holiday sales. Save your unwanted coats, hats and gloves to donate during the month of November. All items should be new or gently used and must be washable. Adult items will be donated to Dorothy Day Hospitality House for distribution to the homeless. Children's items will be distributed by the Dorothy Day Hospitality House at the Spring Street Santa's Workshop event in Danbury.

Protomagiatiko Church Dance - Sunday, April 27, 2025

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

Center for Family Care

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Center for Family Care announces the awarding of a generous grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. for the establishment of a new initiative On Behalf of All: Toward an Accessible Divine Liturgy for Children with Disabilities.

The grant of $1,250,000 will provide funding for a period of five years for this project that has as its purpose to bring together people with disabilities, caregivers, priests, pastoral leaders, and others with disability ministry expertise, to chart and address barriers to participation, foster collaboration among parishes working toward this effort, provide education and professional development for clergy and pastoral leaders, pilot best practices, design and gather resources, and create replicable models for use in and beyond the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America expressed his gratitude for the support from Lilly Endowment, stating, "We are deeply honored to receive this grant through the Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative for a first-of-its-kind national project focused on ensuring engaged and supportive participation of children with disabilities in Orthodox Christian worship. I am confident that the work of the pilot parishes will result in the full participation of these children and their families and caregivers into the heart of Orthodox Christian faith and practice."

On Behalf of All is a five-year program that has as its centerpiece the creation of a cohort of at least 12 pilot parishes across the Archdiocese which will engage deeply with the question of how to ensure the accessible participation of children with disabilities in the Divine Liturgy. The other components of the project will nest around the core Accessible Parish Pilot program to support it through resource design, gathering, and implementation; assessment and evaluation; collaboration; dissemination of learning; and building capacity for project replication beyond the grant period.

The grant is funded by Lilly Endowment’s Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative, a national initiative designed to help Christian congregations more fully and intentionally engage children in intergenerational worship and prayer practices.

Lilly Endowment Inc. is a private philanthropic foundation created in 1937 by J.K. Lilly Sr. and his sons Eli and J.K. Jr. through gifts by Eli Lilly and Company. In keeping with the founders’ wishes, the Endowment supports the causes of community development, education and religion. The principal aim of the Endowment’s religion grantmaking is to deepen and enrich the lives of Christians in the United States, by seeking out and supporting efforts that enhance the vitality of congregations and strengthen the pastoral and lay leadership of Christian communities. The Endowment also seeks to improve public understanding of diverse religious traditions by supporting fair and accurate portrayals of the role religion plays in the United States and across the globe.

YOUTH AND YOUTH FAMILIES - OPEN ICE SKATE - 10/20 - 4:15PM!

Dearest Assumption youth and families,

We would like to invite all youth and their families to an open skate time on Sunday, October 20th from 4:15 pm- 5:45 pm. This will take place at the Danbury Ice Arena at 1 Independence Way in Danbury. This is not a drop off event and the cost is $17.00 per session and $5.00 for skate rentals. We thought it was a good idea to gather and ice skate before the busy winter season.

Look forward to being together with whoever can make it. NO RSVP NECESSARY.

If you have any questions please contact Stephanie Polistena at 203-482-2770.

In Christ's love,
YOUTH ADVISORS

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