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2021 Stewardship Status: we have 149 Pledges totaling $192,865 and $152,794 received to date. We also have 7 families who have contributed $3,950 to date but have not submitted a stewardship card. It is important that all families complete a stewardship card to be considered a steward. The current Stewardship List and other stewardship information is posted on the bulletin board by the water cooler.

2021 Stewardship List
* Contributed but have not submitted stewardship card				Report Date: Sep 22, 2021
1	Agrapides, Peter & Stella	65	Kika, John & Tina	129	Ticas, Cesar&Areti
2	Andreou, Anthony	66	Kizoulis, Menas & Antonia	130	Toulatos, Polixenia
3	Angelus, James&Elizabeth	67	Kosoglou, Teddy and Roula	131	Trumpy, Fred & Larisa
4	Archimedes, Alexander & Debbie	68	Kousoulas, Constantine	132	Tsatsos, Costa & Maria
5	Argiropoulos, Anthony & Amy	69	Kousoulas, Fr. Anastasios & Presv. Nektaria	133	Tsentas, Constantine & Eugenia *
6	Balios, Efthimia	70	Kousoulas, Panayiotis	134	Tsokas, Lorraine
7	Bongiovanni, Robert & Michele	71	Kubu, James & Evangeline	135	Tsokas, Spyros
8	Bozzo, Daniel&Maria	72	Kypridakes, Michael & Asimina	136	Tzovolos, Demetri and Arete
9	Bulzacchelli, Thomas & Valerie	73	Logothetis, Nikita & Sophia	137	Tzovolos, Olympia
10	Bunce, Daniel & Marianne	74	Loukedis, Alexander & Jennifer	138	Vaporakis, Efharis Karise
11	Collett, Martin & Adriane	75	Lutkus, Anthony & Vasiliki	139	Vaporakis, John & Kim
12	Connell, William & Nikki	76	Manoussakis, Stamati & Sofia	140	Vaporakis, Kaliope
13	Costalas, Paul & Josephine	77	Manteo, Michael & Gramatiki	141	Vaporakis, Mihail
14	Coutros, George & Lana	78	Mardakis, Arge	142	Varas, Alexander Pericles
15	Coutsouridis, Alexia	79	Mariani, Anthony & Kristen	143	Varas, Loukas Michael
16	Coutsouridis, John & Denise	80	Markos, Peter & Elaine	144	Varas, Michael & Elaine
17	Demetriou, Dorothy&James	81	Martin, Stephen & Despina	145	Veneman, Ryan & Polyxeni-Tolis
18	Diagelakis, Gerasimos & Kristen	82	Mavrode, Michael & Demetra	146	Vespa, Paul & Fay
19	Diamantis, Ioannis & Gerasimoula	83	Mazza, Emily Connelly & Costa & Poulis, Renee	147	Vlahakes, Louis & Anastasia
20	Disla, Mark & Anastasia Pappas	84	McElroy, Stephanie	148	Vlahakis, Dan
21	Diver, Sean & Joanne	85	Millett, Matthew & Maria	149	Wolfe, Richard & Penelope
22	Douvris, John & Aimee	86	Mulcahy, Dr. Wayne and Mary	150	Wygera, Walter & Constance
23	Douvris, Katerina & Jorge Higueros	87	Nelson, Stephanie	151	Xenakis, Matthew & Vasiliki *
24	Fallon, Ellie	88	Nikolakopoulos, Peter & Melissa	152	Ypsilantis, Peter & Antonia
25	Fallon, Tom & Anna	89	Paitakes, John&Linda	153	Zacharatos, Jerry & Justine Raspanti
26	Fania, Michael & Vicky	90	Paliatsos, Mary	154	Zajac, Pegi
27	Fearon, TJ & Colette	91	Panageas, Bill & Margaret	155	Zanidakis, Theodore & Charlotte
28	Ferreira, Jorge & Angela	92	Panayote, William & Deborah	156	Zannikos, Peter & Amy
29	Finley, Thomas & Antoinette *	93	Pelios, Georgia	157
30	Gacos, Chris & Frances	94	Peppe, George & Demetra	158
31	Gacos, Christopher & Escarlen	95	Petromelis, Christopher & Georgette	159
32	Gatanis, Michael & Angela *	96	Petromelis, Phyllis	160
33	Georgeles, George & Maria	97	Procyk, Eugenia	161
34	Giambrone, Charles J	98	Radzicki, Martin & Katie	162
35	Gianakos, Michael & Dianne	99	Rentoulis, Nikolaos	163
36	Giannouris, John & Tracey	100	Roupas, Daniel & Mary	164
37	Gianos, Irene	101	Rudy, George & Sofia	165
38	Gilman, Cliff & Karen *	102	Sacalis, John	166
39	Giotis, John & Karen	103	Sakellos, Alexandra	167
40	Glynos, Peter & Cindy	104	Sakellos, Evan & Catherine	168
41	Grina, Peter & Diana	105	Sakellos, George	169
42	Halkiadakis, John & Vassie	106	Sfondouris, John & Maria	170
43	Hawes, Ashlynn	107	Shepardson, Lilyan	171
44	Hawes, Brian & Allison Faches	108	Sideris, Leonidas & Elizabeth	172
45	Hawes, Carrick	109	Soteropoulos, Dean & Elizabeth	173
46	Heinke, Michael & Simone	110	Soteropoulos, Marisa	174
47	Heinke, Zoe & Andy Riley	111	Staikos, George & Christi	175
48	Ibrahim, Robert&Doniki	112	Staikos, Nicholas, Eirini Daskalakis	176
49	Iliakostas, Vasilis & Konstantina	113	Stathopulos, Peter&Julan, Adriana	177
50	Iliopoulos, Christos & Anna	114	Stavrakas, Spyros & Bia	178
51	Jaghab, Danny & Delmy	115	Stavrakis, Michael & Sophia	179
52	Johnson, Bill	116	Stellakis, John & Eileen	180
53	Johnson, Gloria	117	Stellakis, Stanley & Kathleen	181
54	Kalamaras, Stella *	118	Steubing, Michael & Maria Katsamani	182
55	Kaldes, John & Zoi	119	Stieglitz, Alexander	183
56	Kamnitsis, Christopher	120	Stieglitz, Robert & Katerina	184
57	Kamnitsis, Constantine & Nancy	121	Stier, Benjamin & Eleftheria Tsatsos	185
58	Kasimatis, Kosmas & Dimitra Bairaktaris	122	Sullivan, Mary	186
59	Katogiritis, George & Kalliopi *	123	Sutton, David & Maria	187
60	Katsiaficas, John&Soula	124	Tattoli, Larry & Maria	188
61	Kazantzis, Sava & Nancy	125	Tattoli, Mark	189
62	Kefalas, Carrie	126	Tattoli, Steven	190
63	Kehayes, Peter & Helen	127	Theodoropoulos, Pete & Brittany Daniels	191
64	Kehayes, Stephen & Beth	128	Ticas, Alexia	192

Agiasmos (Holy Water Blessing) Service today. As we start the new Sunday School and Greek School years, all are invited to church to be blessed with Holy Water. This short service will take place at the end of the Divine Liturgy. May God bless us all!

Sunday School: Our dedicated teachers are preparing for a great year of Sunday School ministry. Yes, we will be in person and following all of the New Jersey State guidelines for schools and classrooms.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13nd6he7aGxqsorX-GPO1cBWmElOkL4_ow83v9TWtxpU/edit?usp=sharing

Please use the above link to register each child. There is no registration fee this year. We want all our students to come back and enjoy some vital class time with their peers.

The first day of Sunday School is Sunday, Oct. 3 (all will stay in church to be blessed with Holy Water). All are asked to attend the Divine Liturgy by 9:45 AM if possible. Starting on Sunday, Oct. 10, classes will be excused at about 10:30 AM after the distribution of Holy Communion.

Greek School First class is Monday, Oct. 4! Please contact Maria Sfondouris, Greek School Director with any questions (msfondouris@gmail.com). Mondays - In-person classes. Wednesdays - Virtual classes. Let's make it a great year of Greek learning for our youth!

Back to School Backpack Program: Last chance to donate towards this worthy annual cause: To date, we have total donations of $375, with the goal of donating $600. This is the last chance to donate. Please make the check payable to St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church with a memo note of "Back to School Backpack Program." Thank you!

PHILOPTOCHOS: SAVE THE DATE! Meet and Greet Afternoon Tea on Sunday, October 31^st immediately following Liturgy.

Flemington Area Food Pantry- The 24th Annual Empty Bowl will be on Friday, October 22, 2021 from 11:00 to 2:30 at the Flemington Food Pantry - 154 Route 31, Flemington (across from the Walmart entrance). For your $30 donation, you will receive a delicious lunch of soup, sandwich, and dessert along with a hand-crafted bowl donated by an area potter to serve as a reminder of food insecurity in our County. This year because of Covid-19, we will be doing TAKEOUT ONLY, serving your soup cold to be reheated by you. You can purchase tickets using a credit card or PayPal at this link:

https://flemingtonfoodpantry.org/empty-bowl or at the Pantry during the hours we're open.

Saints and Feasts

October 03

Dionysios the Areopagite

This Saint was from Athens, a learned man, and a member of the famous judicial court of Mars Hill (in Greek Aeros Pagos, hence the name Areopagite (see Acts 17:19-34). When Saint Paul preached in Athens, he was one of the first there to believe in Christ, and, according to some, became the first bishop of that city. Others say -- and this may be more probable--that he was the second Bishop of Athens, after Saint Hierotheus, whom Dionysios calls his friend and teacher "after Paul" (On the Divine Names, 3:2). With Saint Hierotheus he was also present at the Dormition of the most holy Theotokos; the Doxasticon of the Aposticha for the service of the Dormition is partly taken from a passage in Chapter III of On the Divine Names. According to ancient tradition, he received a martyr's end (according to some, in Athens itself) about the year 96.

October 03

2nd Sunday of Luke

October 10

3rd Sunday of Luke

October 10

Eulampius & Eulampia the Martyrs

The Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia were from Nicomedia, and contested for Christ during the reign of Maximian, in the year 296.

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal 2nd Tone. Psalm 27.9,1.
O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance.
Verse: To you, O Lord, I have cried, O my God.

The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15.

Brethren, it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.

Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke," we too believe, and so we speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

Gospel Reading

2nd Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 6:31-36

The Lord said, "As you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful."

Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal 2nd Tone

Angelic powers were above Thy tomb, and they that guarded Thee became as dead. And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate Body. Thou hast despoiled Hades and wast not tried thereby. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life. O Thou Who didst arise from the dead, Lord, glory be to Thee.

Apolytikion for Dionysios the Areopagite in the 4th Tone

Since thou hadst been instructed in uprightness thoroughly and wast vigilant in all things, thou wast clothed with a good conscience as befitteth one holy. Thou didst draw from the Chosen Vessel ineffable mysteries; and having kept the Faith, thou didst finish a like course, O Hieromartyr Dionysios. Intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.

Seasonal Kontakion in the 2nd Tone

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.

Wisdom of the Fathers

The sign that thou lovest God, is this, that thou lovest thy fellow; and if thou hatest thy fellow, thy hatred is towards God. For it is blasphemy if thou prayest before God while thou art wroth. For thy heart also convicts thee, that in vain thou multipliest words: thy conscience rightly judges that in thy prayers thou profitest nought.

St. Ephraim the Syrian

ON ADMONITION AND REPENTANCE.

Let us then, bearing in mind all the things which have been said, show forth great love even towards our enemies; and let us ease away that ridiculous custom, to which many of the more thoughtless give way, waiting for those that meet them to address them first.

St. John Chrysostom

Homily 18 on Matthew 5, 4th Century

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