Services at St. Andrew

ATTENTION!

Please note that the church parking lot entrance will not be accessible due to ongoing construction. We ask that everyone enter the parking lot through the parking lot EXIT area instead.
The church's main entrance WILL be accessible, so everyone can now enter the church through the front doors.
Once again, we thank you for your patience as we continue to work on improving our church in order to better serve our community!

SUNDAY, 10/18

@8:15aM Orthros & @9:30aM Divine Liturgy
+St. Luke the Evangelist

Divine Services

Friday, 10/23 @8:00am Orthros & @9:00am Divine Liturgy:
+St. James (Iakovos) the Apostle, Brother of Our Lord

LIVE OUR services HERE
Find OUr Written prayers and services HERE

Congratulations again to our GOYAns, Stamatina and Joseph, who represented Saint Andrew at the Mr. & Miss GOYA Pageant last Sunday!
We're so proud of you!

The PTA Christmas Photo Shoot Fundraiser
is today at 12:00pm in the gym!

Starting today, 10/18: Greek Dance Lessons (ages 5-11) are at St. Andrew
When?: Right after Sunday School
Where?: In the gym
See Parish Council with any questions.

GOYA Basketball & Volleyball Games are TODAY (2pm) vs Tenafly!
Good luck, St. Andrew GOYA!

Coffee hour is hosted by the Daughters of Penelope
Bagels donated by ALFA BAGELS Route 10 in Randolph
Coffee donated by Aristotle Leontopoulos of Coffee Associates, Edgewater

Announcements

Announcement:
In order to increase awareness and communication within our St. Andrew family we have established a matrix
that depicts the various ministries and groups and the associated Parish Council member’s contact info and each Ministry leader’s Contact info. See Matrix

HERE

Hellenic Evening School (Adult Greek Language Class)
Classes from Oct 1-Dec 10. Thursdays 7pm-9pm
Tuition $350. Registration now open. For more information contact Vasilia Christodoulou or our office, 973-584-0388

SAVE THE DATE: November 15th - St. Andrew General Assembly
(during Coffee Hour)
Your attendance is important! We will discuss topics that affect our financial stability, infrastructure, ministries, and plans for 2027.
Please join us!

ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Interested in learning more about our faith?
Join Dr. Herb Schuster after Communion
for a discussion based on the 52-Week Orthodox Bible Study Workbook (optional, but available in our bookstore for $30)!
Meets every Sunday in Fr. John's office

Next Young Adult League Meeting is
Monday, November 2nd @7:00pm:
The St. Andrew Young Adult League (YAL) will meet every first Monday of the month at 7pm for a discussion in Fr. John’s office, and every second Sunday of the month or TBD for a wild card activity. For more information, contact our office, 973-584-0388.

BIBLE STUDY is in session!
Join us on a journey through the Scriptures!
Every Thursday at 7pm in Fr. John's office
(Next sessions: 10/22, 10/29, 11/5-TBD…)

TRUNK-OR-TREAT & HARVEST PARTY
hosted by the PTA and Hope & Joy
Friday, October 23rd at 6:15 at Saint Andrew

Little Angels Playgroup
Meets every other Wednesday at 11am. Join us for fun, play, and friendship! We love to welcome new and returning families. Little Angels is a wonderful opportunity for parents, grandparents and caregivers to connect with one another and their children ages infant to 4 yrs (siblings welcome!). For more info, contact Iris Krassas: 862-668-8183. (Upcoming dates: 10/21, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2, 12/16 *will meet in gym)

Knitting, Crochet & Pillow Ministry

-Join us!-

MORNING GROUP: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays

11am-2pm

Antonia Clapsis

[email protected]

EVENING GROUP: 2nd & 3rd Wednesdays

6:30pm-9pm

Harriet Karkanias

[email protected]

Agape (Aγάπη) Luncheons (For Seniors)
Upcoming dates: Oct. 29th, Nov. 19th, Dec. 10th
Contact: Julie I. 201-602-1359, Joanne D. 973-432-1950, or Irene L. 973-479-5221

Tavli Tournament
November 14^th, 2026 at (doors open at 12pm; starts at 1pm)
REGISTER NOW!
$50 -Player Entrance Fee (Pre-Registration)
$75 -Player Entrance Fee at the Door
$25 -Non-Player Entrance Fee
Food & Refreshments Included!
Contact Athena Borzeka at [email protected] for details.

Sign up for UPSTREAM's A Reimagined College Conference
from January 2 – 5, 2027
at St. Crispin’s Retreat Center in Wewoka, Oklahoma!
This is an OCF annual winter retreat for ages 18-25. Click HERE to learn more!

JOIN THE ST. ANDREW IT COMMITTEE
St. Andrew is forming an Information Technology (IT) Committee and is seeking parishioners with experience or interest in technology to help support and strengthen our parish ministries. Contact Office for Details 973-584-0388.

Market Street Mission’s Annual Coat Drive
Runs from Sept. 10th through Oct. 29th

We are collecting gently used coats, hats, scarves and mittens/gloves for all ages.

Please put donated items in marked bins located in the hallway near the church office.
no light jackets, raincoats, or sweaters, etc.

Having Trouble activating Our Texting Feature?
Reach out to the office and we will get you in!
email us at [email protected] or call us at 973-584-0388

Stewardship Reminder

As we plan and budget for the year, we would like to stress the importance of submitting your pledge form along with your donation. A donation without a pledge form makes it very difficult for the parish to responsibly budget and plan for ministries, outreach, programs, staffing, and facility needs without knowing what level of support to anticipate. A completed pledge form helps our Parish Council make sound financial decisions for the year ahead. Thank you for your faithful generosity and for helping our parish plan wisely by returning your pledge form promptly.

Stewardship...

^{We invite you to prayerfully consider ways to give back in Time, Talent, and Treasure for 2026 by returning your pledge forms ASAP.}

^{2026 Pledge Form} | ^{2026 Online Giving Page}

FAITH KITCHEN

On the fourth Saturday of each month, the different ministries of our church (GOYA, Philoptochos, Daughters of Penelope, AHEPA and Parish Council) help to feed the hungry in our community. Each group takes turns serving a hot meal to between 70 and 100 people. See Georgia Haglund or call 973-584-0388 for more information

Our Regional Young Adult League (YAL):
Stay connected with our region-wide ministries for young adults (20s-30s) via link
HERE

HOPE & JOY Children's Ministry
for children K-6th grade
Stala Jelis and Jenny Manis are the organizers of this beautiful program. Stala is in charge of the HOPE events (grades K-2) and Jenny is in charge of the JOY events (grades 3-6). If your child is in 3rd grade, they can be in either group, and many events will be combined when appropriate. Questions? Please email us at [email protected].

Online giving available HERE

TO VIEW OUR ONLINE CALENDER CLICK
HERE

TESTIMONIALS
In an effort to really get to know and understand each other and to bring our community closer together, we invite you to listen to testimonials from parishioners and people touched by our Faith. Let us love one another, “Αγαπήσομεν Αλλήλους", also by reflecting on our journeys together. We hope these testimonials are meaningful and uplifting for you.

Click here to listen to testimonial of Christen Demnitz.

Click here to listen to testimonial of Nicholas Tonini.

Click here to listen to testimonial of Ervin Mile.

Click here to listen to testimonial of Nikolaos Karkanias.

If you would like to share your story with us, please contact our parish office.
Thank you and may God bless you.

PHISHING / CON ARTISTS TEXTS / EMAILS :

Someone is sending out texts and emails asking for assistance and signing Fr John’s name. This is not Fr John’s cell number or email address. His cell number is 973-219-2941, his email is [email protected]. Please report the text/email as junk and delete and block the sender. We contacted the FBI about this problem and was informed that they do not take a case like this. We hope no one is fooled by these criminals. Please tell your friends. Fr John will never reach out to anyone asking for “assistance” in this way. Thank you for your patience and understanding. God Bless!

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Ninth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:19-31

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, even so I send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in His side, I will not believe." Eight days later, His disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand, and place it in My side; do not be faithless, but believing." Thomas answered Him, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life in His name.

Ninth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 20:19-31

Οὔσης ὀψίας τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων, καὶ τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων ὅπου ἦσαν οἱ μαθηταὶ συνηγμένοι διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἔστη εἰς τὸ μέσον, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ· ἐχάρησαν οὖν οἱ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες τὸν Κύριον. Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς πάλιν· Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν, καθὼς ἀπέσταλκέ με ὁ πατήρ, κᾀγὼ πέμπω ὑμᾶς. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐνεφύσησε καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Λάβετε Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον. Ἄν τινων ἀφῆτε τὰς ἁμαρτίας, ἀφιένται αὐτοῖς, ἄν τινων κρατῆτε, κεκράτηνται. Θωμᾶς δέ, εἷς ἐκ τῶν δώδεκα, ὁ λεγόμενος Δίδυμος, οὐκ ἦν μετʼ αὐτῶν ὅτε ἦλθεν Ἰησοῦς· ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄλλοι μαθηταί· Ἑωράκαμεν τὸν Κύριον. Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἐὰν μὴ ἴδω ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, καὶ βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου εἰς τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, καὶ βάλω τὴν χεῖρά μου εἰς τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω. Καὶ μεθʼ ἡμέρας ὀκτὼ πάλιν ἦσαν ἔσω οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ Θωμᾶς μετʼ αὐτῶν. Ἔρχεται ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων, καὶ ἔστη εἰς τὸ μέσον καὶ εἶπεν· Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. Εἶτα λέγει τῷ Θωμᾶ· φέρε τὸν δάκτυλόν σου ᾧδε, καὶ ἴδε τὰς χεῖράς μου. καὶ φέρε τὴν χεῖρά σου καὶ βάλε εἰς τὴν πλευράν μου, καὶ μὴ γίνου ἄπιστος ἀλλὰ πιστός. Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Θωμᾶς, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ὁ Κύριός μου καὶ ὁ Θεός μου. Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ὅτι ἑώρακάς με πεπίστευκας, μακάριοι οἱ μὴ ἰδόντες, καὶ πιστεύσαντες. Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐνώπιον τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ· ταῦτα δὲ γέγραπται ἵνα πιστεύσητε ὅτι ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἵνα πιστεύοντες, ζωὴν ἔχητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ.

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 St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4:5-11, 14-18.

Brethren, conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer every one. Tychicos will tell you all about my affairs; he is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, and with him Onesimos, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you of everything that has taken place. Aristarchos my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions if he comes to you, receive him), and Jesus who is called Justos. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me. Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house. And when this letter has been read among you, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you read also the letter from Laodicea. And say to Archippos, "See that you fulfill the ministry which you have received in the Lord." I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my fetters. Grace be with you. Amen.

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

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κολοσσαεῖς 4:5-11, 14-18.

Ἀδελφοί, ἐν σοφίᾳ περιπατεῖτε πρὸς τοὺς ἔξω, τὸν καιρὸν ἐξαγοραζόμενοι. Ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν πάντοτε ἐν χάριτι, ἅλατι ἠρτυμένος, εἰδέναι πῶς δεῖ ὑμᾶς ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἀποκρίνεσθαι. Τὰ κατʼ ἐμὲ πάντα γνωρίσει ὑμῖν Τυχικός, ὁ ἀγαπητὸς ἀδελφὸς καὶ πιστὸς διάκονος καὶ σύνδουλος ἐν κυρίῳ· ὃν ἔπεμψα πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο, ἵνα γνῷ τὰ περὶ ὑμῶν καὶ παρακαλέσῃ τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν· σὺν Ὀνησίμῳ τῷ πιστῷ καὶ ἀγαπητῷ ἀδελφῷ, ὅς ἐστιν ἐξ ὑμῶν. Πάντα ὑμῖν γνωριοῦσιν τὰ ὧδε. Ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ συναιχμάλωτός μου, καὶ Μᾶρκος ὁ ἀνεψιὸς Βαρνάβᾳ, περὶ οὗ ἐλάβετε ἐντολάς - ἐὰν ἔλθῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς, δέξασθε αὐτόν· καὶ Ἰησοῦς ὁ λεγόμενος Ἰοῦστος, οἱ ὄντες ἐκ περιτομῆς· οὗτοι μόνοι συνεργοὶ εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, οἵτινες ἐγενήθησάν μοι παρηγορία. Ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Λουκᾶς ὁ ἰατρὸς ὁ ἀγαπητός, καὶ Δημᾶς. Ἀσπάσασθε τοὺς ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ ἀδελφούς, καὶ Νυμφᾶν, καὶ τὴν κατʼ οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἐκκλησίαν. Καὶ ὅταν ἀναγνωσθῇ παρʼ ὑμῖν ἡ ἐπιστολή, ποιήσατε ἵνα καὶ ἐν τῇ Λαοδικαίων ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀναγνωσθῇ, καὶ τὴν ἐκ Λαοδικείας ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀναγνῶτε. Καὶ εἴπατε Ἀρχίππῳ, Βλέπε τὴν διακονίαν ἣν παρέλαβες ἐν κυρίῳ, ἵνα αὐτὴν πληροῖς. Ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ Παύλου. Μνημονεύετέ μου τῶν δεσμῶν. Ἡ χάρις μεθʼ ὑμῶν. Ἀμήν.

Gospel Reading

Luke the Evangelist
The Reading is from Luke 10:16-21

The Lord said to his disciples, "He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will."

Luke the Evangelist
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 10:16-21

Εἶπεν ὁ Κὐριος τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μαθηταῖς· ῾Ο ἀκούων ὑμῶν ἐμοῦ ἀκούει, καὶ ὁ ἀθετῶν ὑμᾶς ἐμὲ ἀθετεῖ· ὁ δὲ ἐμὲ ἀθετῶν ἀθετεῖ τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με. ῾Υπέστρεψαν δὲ οἱ ἑβδομήκοντα μετὰ χαρᾶς λέγοντες· Κύριε, καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια ὑποτάσσεται ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου. Εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς· ἐθεώρουν τὸν σατανᾶν ὡς ἀστραπὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πεσόντα. ἰδοὺ δίδωμι ὑμῖν τὴν ἐξουσίαν τοῦ πατεῖν ἐπάνω ὄφεων καὶ σκορπίων καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ, καὶ οὐδὲν ὑμᾶς οὐ μὴ ἀδικήσῃ. πλὴν ἐν τούτῳ μὴ χαίρετε, ὅτι τὰ πνεύματα ὑμῖν ὑποτάσσεται· χαίρετε δὲ ὅτι τὰ ὀνόματα ὑμῶν ἐγράφη ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς. ᾿Εν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἠγαλλιάσατο τῷ πνεύματι ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν· ἐξομολογοῦμαί σοι, πάτερ, κύριε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἀπέκρυψας ταῦτα ἀπὸ σοφῶν καὶ συνετῶν, καὶ ἀπεκάλυψας αὐτὰ νηπίοις· ναί, ὁ πατήρ, ὅτι οὕτως ἐγένετο εὐδοκία ἔμπροσθέν σου.

Fr. John's Message

LORD'S VOICE OCTOBER 18, 2026

THE SUNDAY GOSPEL (Luke 10:16-21)

The apostolic authority
The Lord said to his disciples, "He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will."

THE POWER OF THE NAME OF JESUS
On this Sunday, the Church calls us to celebrate the Apostle and Evangelist Luke, who, according to an ecclesiastical tradition, was numbered among the Seventy Apostles, whom the Lord sent out two by two to proclaim the word of salvation.
The Evangelist Luke came from Antioch of Syria. He is the author of two books of the New Testament: the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. He is the most historical of the four Evangelists and the one who has handed down to us the greatest number of testimonies concerning the Most Holy Theotokos. He was a precious coworker and companion of the Apostle Paul, a distinguished physician, a painter of icons of the Mother of God, and an excellent master of the Greek language. During the Passion of the Lord he was in Jerusalem, and on the morning of Pascha he was walking with Cleopas toward the village of Emmaus, saddened by all that had happened to Christ. Yet this sorrow was transformed into ineffable joy when the Risen Lord, who had appeared to them without their being able to recognize Him, “was made known to them in the breaking of the bread” (Luke 24:35). He revealed Himself as He broke the bread in the mystery of the Divine Eucharist, and He granted them the honor of becoming witnesses and heralds of His Resurrection. It is said that later, after preaching the Gospel in various places, he became Bishop of Thebes in Boeotia, where he died a martyr’s death.

The work of the Disciples of Christ
The Seventy Disciples of the Lord, filled with the power of the Name of their Master and the enlightenment of His word were delivering people from the influence of unclean spirits, whose chief work is the slander of God to man and the slander of one person to another. Whereas the Holy Spirit of God, being the Spirit of peace, unity, and reconciliation, binds people together with the love of Christ – expressed as forgiveness, understanding, and humble-mindedness – the opposite spirit produces continual divisions, confusion, turmoil, injustice, darkness, and destruction. The power of the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Grace of prayer, the blessing of the Divine Liturgy, and the intercessions of the Saints preserve the faithful from “the fiery darts of the evil one” and help them cultivate in their lives the ascetical struggle to live the Gospel and the spirit of true repentance.

The inscription of the names of the faithful in the Kingdom of God
The Lord instructs His Disciples not to rejoice because the demonic spirits obey them, but rather to rejoice because their names have been written in Heaven, that is, in the Kingdom of God, “in the book of life” (Philippians 4:3). The possibility of the believer’s citizenship in the Kingdom of God is granted by God through the gift of divine adoption, that is, through faith in the Truth of God, which is sealed by the mystery of Baptism, and thereafter by participation in the Divine Eucharist, “for the remission of sins and for life everlasting.”
Thus, a person acquires the awareness that already from the present, from within historical reality, he foretastes the final triumph of the Kingdom of God and eternal life, that is, “the ever well-being with Christ,” to be eternally with Christ and to rejoice in the vision, the ineffable light, and the love of Christ. For this is what means blessedness, Paradise, the Kingdom of God.

Archimandrite N. K.

Daily Calendar

Coffee Hour Hosts In October: 10/25 GOYA
(Nov.: 11/1 Philoptochos, 11/8 PTA, 11/15 DOP, 11/22 GOYA...)

Tuesday 10/20
@7:00pm GOYA Volleyball Practice

Wednesday 10/21
@11am Morning Knitting & Crocheting Group
@11am Little Angels Playgroup (in Gym)
@6:30pm Evening Knitting & Crocheting Group
@6:30pm GOYA Basketball Practice

Thursday 10/22
@7:00pm Bible Study
@7:30pm GOYA Dance Practice

Friday 10/23 @8:00am + Orthros & @9:00am Divine Liturgy +St. James (Iakovos) the Apostle
@6:15pm PTA/Hope & Joy Trunk-or-Treat & Harvest Party

Saturday 10/24
@9:00am Faith Kitchen Philoptochos
@10:30am Baptism: Sofia Ibrahim

Sunday 10/25 @8:15am + Orthros & @9:30am Divine Liturgy +6^th Sunday of Luke
MEMORIAL: +Nina Larionova
MEMORIAL: +Ourania “Nitsa” Gribas
After Sunday School: Greek Dance Lessons in Gym (Ages 5-11)
@2:00pm GOYA Basketball & Volleyball Games vs Union

Monday 10/26 @8:00am + Orthros & @9:00am Divine Liturgy +St. Demetrios the Myrrh-Streamer

Tuesday 10/27
@7:00pm Philoptochos Meeting
@7:00pm GOYA Volleyball Practice

Wednesday 10/28 @8:00am + Orthros & @9:00am Divine Liturgy +Holy Protection of the Theotokos
@6:30pm GOYA Basketball Practice

Thursday 10/29
@11:30am Agape Luncheon
@7:00pm Bible Study
@7:30pm GOYA Dance Practice

News - Flyers - Registrations - Other

Stewardship 2026 Form

Prayerfully consider your blessings as you make your annual pledge to Saint Andrew Greek Orthodox Church

Precautions surrounding Construction

Due to renovations

Trunk-or-Treat & Harvest Party

Hosted by the PTA and Hope&Joy on Fri, Oct. 23 at 6:15. See flyer for details and RSVP QR code.

Archbishop's announcement

October 1, 2026

Upstream College Conference

OCF Winter retreat January 2027

Tavli Tournament

DOP Tavli Tournament 11-14-26

Greek Dance Lessons (Ages 5-11)

Greek dance lessons are now at St. Andrew every Sunday after Religious Ed classes - for ages 5 thru 11 - in the gym! See Parish Council.

Foni Kyriou 18/10/2026

Foni Kyriou (sta ellinika)

St Basil's Academy Walk-A-Thon

This Saturday, 10/17!

Enthronement of His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras

The Enthronement will take place on November 7th at 11am at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Theologian in Tenafly.

Prayer List

Prayer for a Sick Person:

Heavenly Father, physician of our souls and bodies, who have sent Your only-begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ to heal every sickness and infirmity, visit and heal (me) Your servant from all physical and spiritual ailments through the grace of Your Christ. Grant (me) patience in this sickness, strength of body and spirit, and recovery of health. Lord, You have taught us through Your word to pray for each other that we may be healed. I pray that You heal (me) as Your servant and grant (me) the gift of complete health. For You are the source of healing and to You I give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen

Please keep these names in your prayers

Irene, Eleni, Sarah, Janet, Dimitri, Areti, Effie, Alexander, Ioannis, Irene, Lauren, Eleni, Dorothy, Carolyn, Ava Michelle, Demetrios, Eleftherios, Stelios, Sofia, Constantinos, Stamatina, Alexander, Alexandra, Constantinos, Christos, Maria, Henny, Theodora, Photini, Robert, Eleni, Ioannis, Margarita, Anna, Nicholas, MaryJane, George, Vasilios, Photeine, Chrissy, David, George, Maria, George, Gladys John, Gregory, Barbara, Helen, Michelle, Ennette, Eleni, Mary, Andreas, Sofia, Joseph, Catrina, Patricia, Erica, Maria, Angeliki, Maria, Dimitrios, Irene, Reta, Eleni, Maria, Kyriaki, Martin, Maria.

If you would like us to remember you or your loved one in our prayers, please contact the office. 973-584-0388 or send us an email to [email protected]

Names will be kept on this list for approximately three months. Please resubmit Names if needed. Fr. John will pray for the Names above during the PROSKOMIDI “Offering of gifts” during the first part of the Divine Liturgy when our priest prepares the mystical gifts of bread and wine. Please keep these names in your prayers as well.

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