SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FATHERS
MATINS:                 8:15 a.m.
LITURGY:                9:30 a.m.  
EPISTLE:                 Titus 3:8-15 
GOSPEL:                 Matthew 5:14-19
PROSFORA:           Christina Callos 
PANGARI:             Team D:  George E Loucas, Maria Misthos, Angelo Savakis/William Raybuck
MEMORIALS:          1 year Memorial: Emily Scocos
                               1 year Memorial: Nellie Baltazzi
                               General: all Library members who have passed 
COFFEE HOSTS:     St. Constantine & Helen Library Committee
STREAMING SERVICE:   youtube.com/stsconstantine

Mon, July 15th         - 9:30 a.m. - Festival Baking
                                - 5:30 p.m. - Junior Dancers
                                - 7:30 p.m. - Gamblers Anonymous
Tues, July 16th        - 6:30 p.m. - OPA Dance
Weds, July 17th      - 9:30 a.m. - St. Makrina Bible study
                                - 5:30 p.m. - Junior Dancers
                                - 7:00 p.m. - Choir Practice
Thurs, July 18th      - 7:30 p.m. - Zoom Book Discussion
Sat, July 20th          -  9:30 a.m. - Liturgy (Prophet Elias)
                                 - 5:00 p.m. - Vespers (& Confessions)
Sun, July 21st          - 8:15 a.m. - Matins
                                - 9:30 a.m. - Liturgy


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We’re happy you’ve joined us today. Please sign our guestbook and introduce yourself to one of our greeters or anyone wearing a nametag. We’re here to answer your questions and make your visit to our church meaningful and enjoyable.

Those wishing to follow the livestreamed services with a written text may do so using the links below.
Electronic Version of Orthros (Matins) on July 14th:

• dcs.goarch.org/goa/dcs/p/s/2024/07/14/ma/gr-en/se.m07.d14.ma.pdf

Electronic Version of Divine Liturgy on July 14th:

• dcs.goarch.org/goa/dcs/h/s/2024/07/14/ma/gr-en/index.html

Everyone is welcome in the Orthodox Church & may receive the blessed bread (antidoron) at the end of the service, but only practicing Orthodox Christians may receive the sacrament of Holy Communion.

Please help support the 11th Annual St. Herman House Golf Classic by participating in our on-line auction. There are some amazing Golf, Entertainment, Beverage, Spa packages and much more! The auction begins on Sunday, July 7 at 8:00 a.m. and ends on Monday, July 15 at 9:00 p.m. Go to https://www.32auctions.com/SaintHermans2024 and place your bids today. 

Go and place your bids today. Note: you will need to log in or create an account in order to place your bid.

You can scan this QR code as well.

The Chios Society - Cleveland Ch. 7 - is celebrating the Feast of Agia Markella, patron Saint of Chios, on Sunday July 21, 2024 at Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral, in Cleveland Heights.  Chians and their friends are invited to celebrate  the feast with the chapter's Officers and Board of Directors.  A memorial service will take place for all deceased members along with Artoplasia.  The chapter will host the coffee hour after Liturgy.

 Philoptochos will be collecting school supplies for Fairfax and Oxford Elementary Schools starting in July. Please help us give the students the following items they need to start their school year off right.

Backpacks, pencil pouches, pencils, crayons, markers, erasers, glue sticks, highlighters, notebooks, folders and scissors. Belts for elementary age boys are also needed. Donations can be placed in the brown donation box. A big thank you from the teachers and students!

Sunshine Group--We are skipping the month of July due to the festival.  Our next luncheon is August 22.  We will be going to Papous in Aurora.  I will be coordinating buses for those interested.  We will be joined for lunch with St. Paul's Seniors!  Everyone is welcome.  Cost is $20/pp.  John Langos (owner) is preparing a special lunch for all of us.  More details to come.  Please call, text or email Maria Cashy at 216-390-2294 or [email protected] if you can attend.   All Sunshiners are invited to attend!

Our friend Harry Cashy cared very much about  St. Herman House – FOCUS Cleveland  and its mission.  Harry put in motion a golf outing in 2014 that became a substantial fundraiser for St. Herman’s.  Last year, the golf outing/auction netted just under $75,000 for St. Herman’s, more than 10% of its operating budget.  In 2017, a year after Harry’s passing, a few Sts. Constantine parishioners that were friends of Harry organized a sponsorship of the golf outing by the “Friends of Harry Cashy” to support St. Herman’s in memory of Harry.  The Friends of Harry have raised over $45,000 in the last six years for St. Herman’s in Harry’s memory.  The 2024 St. Herman’s Golf Classic will be Monday, July 15,  at the Elyria Country Club, and we are again putting together a sponsorship in memory of Harry. If you are interested in donating as part of the Friends of Harry, please contact Gus Kallergis ([email protected] or 216.410.6306).

DONATE ONLINE: If donating online as part of the Friends of Harry, you can donate by
(1) clicking https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E334599&id=282,
(2) scrolling to and checking the “Making a Contribution” box,
(3) selecting the amount and checking the “St. Herman Golf Donor - Friend of Harry Cashy”, and
(4) clicking the next button and finishing the submission.
(Please make sure you tell Gus you have donated, so he can track with St. Herman.)

If you can’t make it to our in-person event, you can still bid on the amazing prizes at our Virtual Auction. A link to the auction items is posted at https://sainthermans.org/golf/.

This year's Greek Festival will be July 25-28.

Food Line, Pastry Line, Agora, Mezedakia, Gyros and so much more - we need volunteers to staff it all. Please follow the link on our website or visit Sign-Up Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48A5AD23A4F58-50015366-greek#/ to select specific shifts and times.

"Godly Marriage and Virginity: Paths to Holiness" will be offered on September 20 – 22, 2024 at St. Matthew the Evangelist Orthodox Church, 10383 Albion Road No. Royalton, OH 44133

Father Josiah has published numerous articles and books and is also the founder of Patristic Nectar Publication, a non-profit ministry. His weekly homilies are entitled "The Arena Podcasts" and are available on Patristic Nectar Publications, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcast. You can find links to his homilies at https://www.saintandrew.net/arenapodcast. His video reflections are available on YouTube under Patristic Nectar Films. His books will be available at the retreat at a wholesale discount.

Registration deadline: September 8, 2024 - Register early, as seating is limited. For more information, contact: Cindy George at [email protected], Steve Morgan at [email protected], or Leigh Frank at [email protected]. There will be a free-will offering to help cover expenses.

The historic church of St. Theodosius suffered catastrophic damage in its recent fire, and is soliciting donations to help pay for the restoration. Donations can be made using the Tithely app. that our parish uses. Simply open the app and use the "Find a church..." feature at the top of the screen. The link below may also be used. 

Please join St. Makrina Bible Study in our study of the book- Bread and Water, Wine and Oil by Father Meletios Webber. We meet every Wednesday from 9:30-11am over Zoom. You do not have to attend every session and can contribute to the discussions as much or as little as you wish. The book can be purchased through Amazon.  Please contact Toni Madden at [email protected] for the Zoom link. We encourage you to join us!

1) GOYA is joining FOCUS for its annual backpack drive. You can participate by volunteering to fill a backpack for a student in need right here in Cleveland. The packing list includes items like pencils, folders, and index cards. The deadline to have everything collected is Sunday, August 4th. Please see Ted to get involved. 

2) OCF will have a summer reunion event on Thursday, July 18th @ 6:00 p.m. at Aladdin's Eatery (6901 Rockside Rd, Independence, 44131). This is for local JCU/CWRU students as well as St. Cons students home for the summer. To participate, RSVP to Ted by Monday, July 15th.

3)  Altar Boys & families are invited to join Fr. Stephen, Fr. Tom, and Ted to attend a Lake County Captains Game on Wednesday, July 31st @ 7:00 p.m. Come cheer on the Captains as they take on the Beloit Sky Carp! RSVP by Sunday, July 7th, and see Ted with any questions.

4) GOYA is invited to the 2024 Regional "Camp Reunion" Paraklesis service on Friday, August 2nd at 6:00 p.m. @ St. Nicholas, Lorain. Come see your friends from camp! The service will be chanted in the same familiar style from Camp Nazareth so everyone can sing along. To participate, just let Ted know you're coming by Sunday, July 28th. If you need transportation, he will find you a ride.

5) Metropolitan Savas & Fr. Joe DiStefano request GOYA & young adult volunteers to help staff the GOMoPalooza Music & Arts Festival on Saturday, August 17th at St. Demetrios Community Center (3223 Atlantic St NE, Warren, 44483). The event will run from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. For more information or to register, contact Fr. Joe at: [email protected].

Interested in hosting coffee hour? Our open dates begin right after the festival. We now have a SignUp Genius page that shows available dates and allows you to directly choose your day. Visit it here to help fill the calendar: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48A5AD23A4F58-48824692-sunday#/

OPA Dance is back! We invite all to join us for dancing and parea. OPA meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.  

The Sterea Hellas Foundation of Cleveland, Inc. awards one $1,000 scholarship for college students that are majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) and multiple $500.00 scholarships to high school and college students who are of Greek ancestry in Northeast Ohio. We have added additional scholarships to those students with Sterea Hellas ancestry. The scholarship applies to eligible students who meet the requirements as listed on the application. The requirements and deadlines may vary for each program.  However, all applicants must be of Greek ancestry and a permanent resident of one of the following counties in Ohio: Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, or Summit Counties. Deadline for applying is July 15, 2024.   See details on website:  Scholarships – Nafpaktian Cultural Foundation Inc.

We plan to read and discuss “Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Finding Hope and Healing Your Heart”, by Alan Wolfelt, PhD. We began Zooming once weekly on Thursday evenings at 7:30-8:30 pm  to read, review and discuss for 10 weeks as of May 30. If interested, contact Cynthia Terezis at [email protected] to be added to the Zoom email invite.

Since Wolfelt’s book is not an Orthodox Christian source, in order to keep us grounded in the Orthodox perspective on death and resurrection, we will also read chapters from several Orthodox books, written by such authors as: Met. Kallistos Ware, Jean-Claude Larchet, PhD., and Daniel Hinshaw, M.D. Please purchase Wolfelt’s book. Chapters from the Orthodox books will be provided. 

The Memory Eternal Bereavement Discussion Group would like to invite everyone to meet and brainstorm ideas about developing a bereavement group. We would like to determine the needs of our community, what functions such a group might provide, and how these needs might be met. We invite you to share your ideas!

If interested, please contact Sade at the Church office with your name and email. If there is enough interest and participation, a summary of our brainstorming meetings can be brought to Fr Stephen and the Church Board for further discussion.