St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2024-11-10
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St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (908) 968-4004
  • Fax:
  • (908) 968-4002
  • Street Address:

  • 85 Voorhees Corner Road,

  • Flemington, NJ 08822


Contact Information








Services Schedule

Sunday Services:  Orthros 8:30 am; Divine Liturgy 9:30  am.  

Weekday Services:  See parish website calendar link for updates.

 


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Parish News

Schedule of Services for Week of November 10, 2024

Sunday,    11/10   8:30 a.m.  Orthros / Liturgy - 5th Sunday of Luke

November 15 Nativity Fast Begins

Veterans Day Program: Today, November 10, 2024, Saint Anna will be honoring our Veterans who served their country with courage and strength. Please join us for this special program for our Veterans and thank them for their service. Pews for Veterans and their families will be reserved for their place of honor. 
Our Saint Anna Ladies Philoptochos is hosting Fellowship Hour in honor of our Veterans. Thank you to all those who signed up to bring a treat for all to share with our Sign-Up Genius form at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D4BAAA629A1F49-52598420-veterans/169265462.

ATTENTION ALL VETERANS: If you are new to Saint Anna and are a Veteran, please notify Denise Coutsouridis as soon as possible regarding your branch of the military, years served, and era of service so that you can be acknowledged during the program. 

Donations for Veterans’ Cause: For the month of November, Philoptochos will donate all funds collected from the donation box located on the Pangari/candle station to a Veterans’ organization.

Parish Council Updates:

Save the date for the Fall Parish Assembly - November 24th. During this Assembly, we will focus on the financial budget for 2025 and nominations for Parish Council. The full agenda will be provided in early November.

Save the date: His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey will be visiting our parish to celebrate the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos with Hierarchical Great Vespers on Sunday, December 8, 2024 and Orthros and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on Monday, December 9, 2024. A flyer is attached to this bulletin.

LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS CORNER: 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Community Christmas Card - The St. Anna Ladies Philoptochos, on behalf of Father Jimmy and the Parish Council, is again sponsoring the St. Anna Community Christmas Card. This beautiful Orthodox Icon Card will allow us to wish each other the joys and blessings of Christmas through the love of Christ, and at the same time, support Philoptochos in our fundraising efforts. Please see Aimee Douvris at the Philoptochos table to include your family in the Christmas Card. Cost to participate is $10 or as much as you'd like to donate.

Christmas Bake Sale! Order your Christmas treats from Philoptochos now through December 15. Pick up your orders on Sunday, December 22, 2024 after the Christmas Pageant.

Philoptochos 2024 Vasilopita Sale
Philoptochos is taking orders for Holiday Vasilopitas now through Sunday, December 8th during Fellowship hours after Liturgy.  Questions can be directed to Arge Mardakis at argemardakis@gmail.com or Aimee Douvris at aimeedouvris@gmail.com.

‘There is nothing impossible to him who will try.’ – Alexander the Great
Come "Try" with us! No THING is impossible! Make a difference with us and join St. Anna Philoptochos!!!

Our new senior Parea hosted its first event last week.  Thank you to those people who came out to support this event.  Please save the date, December 3rd, for our senior Parea Christmas party.

YOUTH MINISTRY CONTACTS:

Sunday School Director: Nikol Toulatos nikoltoulatos44@gmail.com
Greek School Director: Maria Sfondouris msfondouris@gmail.com
GOYA Head Advisor: Larisa Trumpy larisatrumpy@gmail.com
Hope & Joy Advisor: Kristen Diagelakis kdiagelakis@gmail.com
Little Blessings:  Lucy Pavlow lpavlow007@gmail.com
Greek Dance Lead: Larisa Trumpy larisatrumpy@gmail.com
Young Adult League (YAL): Nikol Toulatos nikoltoulatos44@gmail.com
College Care Package Ministry: Maria Tattoli mtattoli@gmail.com
Parent Advisory Council (PAC): Lisa Soteropoulos lisasoteropoulos@gmail.com

First Sundays are Youth Sundays at St. Anna. GOYA, HOPE & JOY (grades K-6th), and our Little Blessings (Pre-K and under)ministries will meet on the First Sunday of the month. Our next meeting is December 1st.

GOYA Service Project: In honor of our Veterans, the St. Anna GOYA will be collecting donations for the charity Operation Jersey Cares which sends care packages to our troops deployed overseas. They will be packing the care packages TODAY November 10th.  A donation box will be placed in the hall to collect items. See flyer for the current needs list.

Little Blessings: Thank you to all our Little Blessings and Parents who joined us for our "Friends Giving. "We hope to see everyone at our next event.

Greek School: If you are interested in registering your child for Greek school or if you would like to find out more about our Greek school program please email Maria Sfondouris at msfondouris@gmail.com.

Adult Greek School: New adult Greek class is beginning Monday, November 18th. The class will be in person on Mondays from 7:15pm - 8:15pm. Please email Maria Sfondouris with interest Msfondouris@gmail.com

Sunday School: Please email Nikol Toulatos to register your children for the 2024-25 school year. Parents interested in volunteering for Sunday School teaching / aiding please reach out to Nikol Toulatos.

College Ministry SAVE THE DATE: All college students and YAL members are invited to St. Anna’s Annual College Reunion scheduled for Saturday, November 30 from 4:00-7:00 PM. Pizza and dessert will be served. Come hangout with your St. Anna friends and play a friendly volleyball match "College Students vs YAL".  RSVP by 11/22 to Maria Tattoli @ mtattoli@gmail.com.  See attached flyer.

ST. ANNA BOOKSTORE.  FALL RECOMMENDATIONS:

FOR CHILDREN:
---- Variety of Saint books by Potamitis publishing.

FOR ADULTS:
---- "Gratitude in Life's Trenches: How to Experience the Good Life...Even When Everything Is Going Wrong".

If there is something in particular you are looking for, we can assist. Contact Angela Ferreira (angelaferreira37@gmail.com). 

Saint Anna will offer an iconography class November 18-22. The class will be held at the church for 3 hours each evening, from 6 to 9 p.m.  The instructor is Maria Athanasiou, author and illustrator of six published children's books. The icon subject will be an 8"x10" image of Christ Emmanuel (Christ as a child), focusing on His face, and the class will be suitable for students of all artistic skill levels... no previous art experience is needed to take it. We have designed it to use acrylic paints (easier for beginners than the traditional egg tempera medium), and all but the most commonly needed materials will be provided. The cost will be $300 per student. For more information, or to register, please call, text, or email Maria (631-235-6956, icona@optium.net) or Gerard A. Pelletier (609-917-0990, gerardpelletier108@gmail.com).

Procedure for Holy Communion:
Enter into the center aisle. Please wait until a member of the Parish Council calls your pew. The order is as follows:
-Any Newly illumined (newly Baptized, Chrismated)
- Choir
-Sunday School students and Teachers
-Pew by pew per PC direction. Please wait until your pew is called. 
-Those remaining in the narthex. 

Sunday Fellowship Hour Sponsors: Please sponsor a fellowship hour to support the Saint Anna parish. The requested fellowship hour sponsorship donation is $50.

2024 Stewardship Status:  Growth in the number of stewards is annually assessed by the Archdiocese and the New Jersey Metropolis and is a key indicator of stability and progress. All families and individuals must complete a stewardship card to be considered a steward. We have 165 Pledges totaling $214,636 and $190,580 received to date.  We also have 4 families who have contributed $540 to date but have not submitted a stewardship card. The current Stewardship List and other stewardship information is posted on the bulletin board by water cooler.  Please verify that you are current with your stewardship prior to the Fall General Assembly.

KIDNEY DONOR NEEDED:  Joanne Kakoyiannis, a long-standing National Philoptochos Board member is currently facing stage 5 chronic kidney disease and urgently requires a kidney transplant, preferably from a suitable living donor. The following website  tells Joanne’s story: http://www.helpingjoannefindakidney.com/.

PARISH LINKS: 

St Anna Website: https://www.stannagoc.org/

St Anna Greek Orthodox Church Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=calendar@stannagoc.org&ctz=America/New_York 

For questions to the parish council: president@stannagoc.org

To be added to the weekly bulletin email or for general questions:  email-manager@stannagoc.org

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Saints and Feasts

November 10

8th Sunday of Luke


November 10

Erastus, Olympas, Rodion, Sosipater, Quartus, and Tertios, Apostles of the 70

Of these Saints, Olympas and Rodion became disciples of Peter, the chief Apostle, and came to Rome, where they were beheaded by Nero. The others reposed in peace, having become bishops: Sosipater of Iconium, Quartus of Beirut, and Erastus of Paneas, or Paneias (which was also called Caesarea of Philippi); Saint Erastus had been chamberlain of the city of Corinth (Rom.16:23).


November 10

Orestes the Martyr of Cappadocia

Saint Orestes was from Tyana of Cappadocia. During the persecution of Diocletian, this Martyr's ankles were pierced with long nails; being bound to a wild horse and violently dragged by it, he gave up his spirit in the year 289.


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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. 3rd Tone. Psalm 46.6,1.
Sing praises to our God, sing praises.
Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19.

Brethren, I would have you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.


Gospel Reading

8th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 10:25-37

At that time, a lawyer stood up to put Jesus to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live."

But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the 3rd Tone

Let the Heavens rejoice; let earthly things be glad; for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm, He hath trampled upon death by death. The first-born of the dead hath He become. From the belly of Hades hath He delivered us, and hath granted great mercy to the world.

Seasonal Kontakion in the 4th Tone

Today, the most pure temple of the Savior, the precious bridal chamber and Virgin, the sacred treasure of God, enters the house of the Lord, bringing the grace of the Divine Spirit. The Angels of God praise her. She is the heavenly tabernacle.
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Bulletin Inserts:

    Archpastoral Visit of His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos

    Archpastoral Visit of His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos

    Save the date: His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey will be visiting our parish to celebrate the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos with Hierarchical Great Vespers on Sunday, December 8, 2024 and Orthros and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on Monday, December 9, 2024.


    2024 St Anna Stewardship Pledge Card

    2024 St Anna Stewardship Pledge Card

    PDF copy of 2024 St Anna Stewardship Pledge Card


    Iconography Workshop Flyer

    Iconography Workshop Flyer

    Iconography Workshop Flyer


    Operation Jersey Cares Needs List

    Operation Jersey Cares Needs List

    In honor of our Veterans, the St. Anna GOYA will be collecting donations for the charity Operation Jersey Cares which sends care packages to our troops deployed overseas. They will be packing the care packages on November 10th. A donation box will be placed in the hall to collect items.


    09-2024 Memorial Koliva Order Form

    09-2024 Memorial Koliva Order Form

    St. Anna Ladies Philoptochos is offering the service of preparing Koliva, the boiled and sweetened wheat berries, for any memorial service needed. All requests should be made 2-3 weeks in advance to allow time for proper preparation of Koliva. If you would like to place an order, please complete the form.


    St. Anna Community Christmas Card Letter

    St. Anna Community Christmas Card Letter

    So we can meet our printing deadline, the last day we will be accepting participation is Sunday, December 1, 2024.


    St. Anna Philoptochos Christmas Bake Sale

    St. Anna Philoptochos Christmas Bake Sale

    St. Anna Philoptochos Christmas Bake Sale Pick Up on Sunday, 12/22/24 Order Deadline 12/15/24


    College Reunion Flyer

    College Reunion Flyer

    All college students and YAL members are invited to St. Anna’s Annual College Reunion scheduled for Saturday, November 30 from 4:00-7:00 PM


    Stewardship List as of 7 November 2024

    Stewardship List as of 7 November 2024

    Stewardship List as of 7 November 2024


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