the Official Newsletter Publication of HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

September 2016

HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH 13555 Hillcrest Road · Dallas Texas 75240 Office 972-991-1166 · Fax 972-661-1717 E-Mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.holytrinitydallas.org

Holy trinity greek orthodox church 13555 Hillcrest Rd. * Dallas, Texas 75240-5412 * 972-991-1166 * www.holytrinitydallas.org Clergy

Holy Trinity Church

Reverend Protopresbyter Christopher Constantinides, Presiding Priest Clergy [email protected]

is under the Jurisdiction of The Holy Metropolis of Denver 4550 E. Alameda Ave. * Denver, CO 80246-1208 Tel. (303) 333-7794 Fax (303) 333-7796 www.denver.goarch.org The Holy Archdiocese of America 8 E. 79th St. * New York, NY 10075 Tel. (212) 570-3500 * Fax (212) 570-3569 www.goarch.org and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

Reverend Protopresbyter

Reverend Presbyter PeterConstantinides Kostakis, Assistant Priest Christopher Presiding Priest [email protected] [email protected] Reverend Presbyter John Essa, Retired Reverend Deacon Mark Mark Pakes Reverend Pakes Reverend Deacon Athanasios Sharpley Reverend Deacon Christopher Stern Administration

Administration Priscilla Owens Church Administrator Tom Clark, Administrator [email protected] [email protected] Maureen Rakow, Financial Maureen Rakow Assistant [email protected] Financial Assistant Vickie Wells, Executive Assistant [email protected] [email protected] Vickie Wells Assistant Liz Strong, Administrative Executive Administrative Assistant [email protected] [email protected]

Ekfonesis September 2016

Basil Xeros, Neokoros [email protected] Support Staff Demetrios Buck, Youth Director Basil Xeros, Neokoros [email protected] Torye Morris, Facilities Manager Torye Morris, Facilities Manager [email protected]

Sunday Bulletin

2011 Parish Council Parish Council President Harry Tomisides President Jim DolmasCanellos Vice President Christopher Vice President Tasos Kaiafas Treasurer Sam Paulos Treasurer Bill Zaemes Recording Secretary Dimitrios Horiates RecordingSecretary Secretary Jimmy Pappas Horiates Corresponding Charles Corresponding Secretary Mary LeBrecht Members Max Adams George Karahal Members Monica Arroyo John Lymberopoulos Louis Antos Fotis Papanicolaou Nic Carayannopoulos Constantine Mathas Nick Cimino Ari Rigopoulos James Chappel Frank Mihalopoulos James Chappel Wade Stephens James Dolmas Michael Petridis Ellena Fox Tasos Kaiafas Daniel MaryShaheen Ann Trapalis

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Christina Hochleutner Peter Hronas

All information to be included in the Sunday Bulletin is to be submitted to the office no later than Wednesday at noon. Please submit each article as an attachment to Vickie Wells at: [email protected]

Memorial Service, Artoclasia Service &

40 Day Blessings

All Memorials, Artoclasias, & 40 Day Blessings may be arranged by contacting Liz Strong in the church office at 972-991-1166 or [email protected]

Dimitri Tsevoukas Alin Voicu

Sunday Worship Service Orthros 8:15 a.m. Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m.

Church Office Hours Monday—Thursday 9 a.m.—5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.—4:30 p.m.

Weekdays Orthros 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m.

Bookstore Hours Sundays after Divine Liturgy until 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays 1 - 3 p.m. 2

Pastoral Reflections by Fr. Christopher Constantinides SUNDAY AFTER THE ELEVATION OF THE CROSS (Mark 8:34 - 9:1) In order to understand the meaning of the “Cross” and the famous demands of: 1. Deny yourself 2. Take up your cross, and 3. Follow me we have to go back just one paragraph before today's reading. Why must the one who will follow Christ by necessity take up his cross? Why this sacrificial presupposition? What happened to lead Jesus to the revelation of this truth? An incident with Peter. And we read: (8, 31) “Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he said this openly. Then Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him. But Jesus turned around and, looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said: ‘Get behind me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.’” Peter understood the words of the Lord as a challenge to his authority, and his response to them as suicide. He finds the behavior of the Teacher foolish. Jesus, however, not using human reason, as Peter was, gets upset and pronounces that heavy aphorism against Peter. This is one of very few times that the Teacher is so upset, because he senses in the words and the reasoning of Peter a most tragic misunderstanding. What was speaking in Peter was logic and reason. It was the terrified body which trembled before all the sufferings that Jesus was relating. And giving such a sinful preference to the flesh, Peter tore down to its very foundations the Christian edifice, and altered the essence and the meaning of the teaching of the Teacher. How could Jesus not get upset? What will man do with the flesh when the soul and the spirit have disappeared? When the flesh will look like an empty bag, and not only empty, but destined and condemned to remain empty, without the breath of a true and everlasting life? What will man do with it? What justification does a bag have to remain empty? And who makes a bag if he does not have in mind, beforehand, with what he will fill it? Nobody! Only a fool will make or buy a bag without having something to put in it. Like such a bag, the body, is nothing more than a demonic conception, and as such Jesus rejects it with contempt. The Cross, that Jesus calls all those who would follow him to carry, is the concentration on the content and not the container. The spirit, not the body. It is the concern for the spiritual and not the carnal; the concern for the permanent and incorruptible, not the ephemeral and perishable. If the flesh does not get crucified and pushed aside, the content can never come forth. If the bag does not open, even be torn if need be, the content cannot be revealed. And if the content, that is the hidden treasure in it, gets lost, of what value is the bag? None. It is useless. Its fate will be tragic indeed. It will follow, “the enemies of the Cross of Christ, whose end is destruction; their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things” (Philippians 3, 18). What then did Jesus mean when he told a man to deny himself and take up his cross and follow him? He did not only mean that a man must be ready to endure the trials and tribulations of life; the illnesses, the pain, the suffering, the deaths, the reverses and the failures which are common to all human beings, believers and nonbelievers alike. But he especially meant for a man to be ready to undertake missions of service beyond the call of duty, even to die for causes that would benefit his fellow men--as HE did. And now some thoughts on that difficult passage of: “Whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel, shall save it.” There are certain things which are lost by being kept, and saved by being used. Any talent that a man possesses is like that. If he uses it, it will develop into something still greater. If he refuses to use it, he will lose it in the end. Life is just like that. What would have happened to the world if doctors and scientists and inventors had not been prepared to risk experiments, often on their own bodies? What would have happened to life if everyone had wished for nothing but to remain comfortably at home, and there had been no such person as an explorer or a pioneer? What would happen if every mother refused to take the risk of bearing a child? The very essence of life is in risking life and spending life, not in saving it and hoarding it. It is better any day to burn out than to rust out, for that is the way to happiness and God. 3

Stewardship 2016

‘Give not out of your abundance, but

out of your poverty.’ Mark 12:41-44

Miracle of Sharing ‘...and all these things

Stewardship Ambassador

shall be added unto you.’ Matthew 6:33

Matt Fossey

Everyone here who knows me, knows I love golf. If I didn’t have four beautiful kids, or a fantastic wife, you’d probably know where to find me on most Saturdays. I got my first golf set when I was three, and I used to hit balls over the fence in my back yard. When I was old enough, my parents would drop me off at the course and I’d hang around there all day. I hung around enough that eventually they put me to work and I started caddying. After that, I got promoted to grounds crew, which basically meant you had to get up at the crack of dawn to mow and rake and trim trees. I played golf in high school, and my coach was Mr. Tom Murphy, who was, and still is, the greatest

man I’ve ever known outside of my father. I looked up to him, I tried to emulate him, and he took me under his wing. I’m lucky to have known him. So, as my kids are getting older, it’s become really important to me for them to have the same experience I had. I want them to be able to play, and work, and learn from the game of golf just like I did. But I try my best not to play on Sunday mornings, because I know how much more important it is to teach them to love their faith. So I happened to not be golfing on the Sunday when Alin cornered me and asked me to talk about what stewardship means to my family and me; and true to form, I thought maybe I could relate to golf.

However, golf is just a sport and it’s really nothing when you compare it to the church. But still, the church needs someone to be the grounds crew, someone to run the shop, someone to manage the tee sheet, someone to clean the carts, someone to pay the bills, someone to be the ranger, and someone needs to be Tom Murphy, all so the rest of us can tee off, make the turn, and finish the round. And really, it’s the only round you ever really need to play. And so that’s it, if we all pay our green fees, and fill our divots, someday Holy Trinity will be celebrating its sixth hundredth anniversary just like St. Andrew’s golf course in Scotland. 4

CATECHETICAL CORNER Catechetical School classes began on Sunday, August 28th. It is not too late to enroll your child/children. Among the questions that you may ask your child’s teacher is the one concerning the requirements for the achievement award. All classes have goals for the year. For example, the Pre-K has the expectation all students will be able to recite the Lord’s Prayer. Take the time to know what the class goals and expectations are and work on them at home! As we say in Greek, Καλή αρχή! “A good beginning” for the Catechetical School year.

FEAST DAYS IN SEPTEMBER Χρόνια Πολλά (Many Years) to those who celebrate! September 1

Ecclesiastical New Year

September 5

Zacharias the Prophet & Righteous Elizabeth, Parents of St. John the Baptist

September 8

The Nativity of the Theotokos

September 14

The Elevation of the Life-Giving Cross - STRICT FAST

September 20

Eustathios the Great Martyr, his wife and two children

September 21

Jonah the Prophet

September 24

Thekla the Protomartyr & Equal-to-the-Apostles

September 26

The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist

September 30

Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of Armenia Zacharias the Prophet & Righteous Elizabeth, Parents of John the Baptist

We can learn much about the parents of St. John the Baptist from the Gospels. Some interesting facts are: They were descended from the lineage of Aaron; St Zachariah, son of Barach, was a priest in the Jerusalem Temple, and St Elizabeth was the sister of St Anna, the mother of the Most Holy Theotokos. After learning about the Messiah from the Magi, Herod also heard about the unusual circumstances of St. John’s birth. He sent soldiers to Zacharias, who was serving his turn in the temple, in an effort to find the child. When Zacharias refused to tell where the child was, he was stabbed to death. 5

DANCE PRACTICE RESUMES in the gym EVERY SUNDAY UNTIL FESTIVAL (Please note your dance time) 12:15-12:30 p.m. PreK 12:30-1 p.m. 1st and 2nd 1:30 – 2 p.m. 3rd-5th 2 – 3 p.m. Jr Goya 3 – 4 p.m. Sr Goya HTHD is a year-round program that practices monthly from November – May to prepare for the Festival. If you would like information on HTHD, please contact Teresa Chantilis at [email protected]

St. Barbara Philoptochos Important September Philoptochos Dates: Thursday, September 1 Thursday, September 8 Sunday, September 18

Board Meeting, 7 p.m. First Membership Meeting of the Year! 7 p.m. Holy Cross/Hellenic College Bake Sale & Coffee, 12 p.m.

Don't forget to sign up to volunteer to sell Greek pastries at our booth for the Greek Festival, September 23-25!

Thank you and God bless you! Joanna Spahis, St. Barbara Philoptochos 6

Holy Trinity Greek School Enrolling for 2016/2017 Contact Presvytera Alexandra for information: [email protected] Afternoon classes: T, W or TH, 5-6:30 pm Students must be 5 by September 1st to enroll in Beginners 1. Curriculum created for USA children: for conversational Greek, reading & writing

ADULT CLASSES Check Church website for information: www.holytrinity.info OR Contact Presvytera Alexandra: [email protected]

Adult classes will begin on October 3 & 4, 7 - 8:30 p.m. Registration available at the Greek Food Festival at the Hellenic Cultural Exhibit Adult Classes: 7 – 8:30 pm Intermediate Level on Mondays -Efrosini Georgiadou Makrides Beginners 1 on Tuesdays - Mrs. Toula Barelos COMING IN OCTOBER - OXI DAY CELEBRATION Sunday, October 30, 2016, following Divine Liturgy Coffee Hour hosted by Holy Trinity Greek School PTA All are invited! Please plan to attend! 7

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Holy Trinity Caregivers Support Group September 10, at 10 a.m. Board Room of the Arthur L. Sarris Center

The Caregivers Support Group meets the second Saturday of the month. For more information, you may contact Steve Pakes, Bill Lane or Presv. Alexandra. Below is an abbreviated form of a report given at the Biennial meeting of the National Sisterhood of Presvyteres. CAREGIVERS REPORT For NSP - July, 2016 Clergy-Laity Congress, Nashville, TN Presvytera Alexandra Poulos Sometimes I wonder about “caregivers.” Just who are they? The Bible teaches that we should care about one another, especially the “widowed and orphans.” In a sense, we all are caregivers at times. We help family members, friends, and others but go on with our own lives in a normal fashion. I believe that the difference in being a Caregiver is when the caregiving situation is such that it requires major life changes and adjustments. Caregivers care for relatives (and even friends) of all ages: children, grandchildren, siblings, spouses, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles…this list goes on! Caregivers themselves are all different ages. I found this interesting item on www.aarp.org/Caregiver-Support‎. “Members of the millennial generation (ages 18 to 34) have a reputation for being self-involved. But the estimated 10 million millennials caring for adult family members certainly don't fit that mold. About 25 percent of U.S. caregivers fall into that age range, according to AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving's 2015 caregiving report.” Caregivers today have many resources that can help them navigate their caregiving journey. It is important that they check out these resources. Physicians and other professionals are a good start. However, one can find many other resources on-line. It will take a bit of patience to find these resources but perseverance pays off!

Some good sites: www.cdc.gov/family/specialneeds/ www.medicare.gov/campaigns/caregiver/caregiver.html www.cdc.gov/family/specialneeds/ www.cshcn.org/parents-caregivers/ http://www.caregiving.org/data/Report_Caregivers_of_Children_11-12-09.pdf www.kidshealth.org/en/parents/parents-support.html 9

Greek Food Festival of Dallas 60th Year! You know what happens right after the kids go back to school . . . THE FESTIVAL! This is the 60th Year! The dates are September 23, 24 & 25th. Yia Yia and Papou Fritzopoulos need your HELP! Here’s what you can do: A. Go to the website www.GreekFestivalofDallas.com, click on the Volunteer tab and register to staff a booth (Opa!2016 is the password-case sensitive) B. Like us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/GreekFoodFestivalDallas/) C. Attend Baking Sessions (See dates below)

Tents to go up at 1:00 p.m.

D. Talk to your friends E. New this year:

on Sunday, September 18th!

1. Backgammon Tournament

Please have your vehicle moved

2. Basile the Comedian (Sunday Show)

out of the west parking lot. Thanks! The Festival Committee

Thank You!

Greek Food Festival Baking Schedule Its time for our Greek Village to get together for food, fun and fellowship! Cooking & Baking dates have been set for our 60th Annual Greek Food Festival!

Saturday Monday Saturday Saturday Sunday

September 3 September 5 (Labor Day) September 10 September 17 September 18

Kourambiades Paxamadia Sesame Cookies Fenekia Baklava Package after Church

We will start @ 9 a.m. on all dates except on Sunday, Sept. 18th. This is a great way to volunteer your time and talents!

Join us! Questions? Email [email protected] 10

Dear Holy Trinity Family, We are one month away from our #bigfatgreek60 Anniversary. We are excited for this milestone and wanted to share what is up and coming for this year. 

United States Backgammon Federation Tournament. So bring your Tavli strategy on!

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Our Taverna was a huge success last year. We have expanded it for all to enjoy.

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Sunday Afternoon “Basile the Comedian” will be here to make us laugh out loud.

As always, we still need you, our Holy Trinity family. We need you, your family, or get a group of friends together to help serve our 18,000 anticipated guests and show our Philoxenia to our DFW community. Have fun, dress in your best blue and white, and enjoy the festival while greeting and serving our guests. To Volunteer, please go to www.greekfestivalofdallas.com click on the volunteer link at the

bottom of the page, use the password Opa!2016 (please note password is case sensitive). We also invite individual families to participate in our Festival Sponsorship Program. Families are encouraged to join with the generous businesses and ministries who for many years have taken part in the GFF Sponsorship Program. Sponsorship packets are available in the Church Office or visit the Greek Food Festival website (noted above) to download the packets under the Sponsors link. Should you have any questions regarding sponsorship, please email us at [email protected] or see any one of our committee members. We need your photos. We all take pictures at the Festival, and we would love to share your

shots! Please email your photos to [email protected]. We will use them for marketing, website, flyers etc… Last but not least, don’t forget about our upcoming baking dates! We need all hands on deck from our Greek village to help get the job done! Should you have any questions or concerns please email us at [email protected]. In his service, The Greek Food Festival Committee 11

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General Interest

Coffee Hour! Sunday, Sept. 4 Sunday, Sept. 11 Sunday, Sept. 18 Sunday, Sept. 25

Available Marina Cardinali Elisafidis Philoptochos Holy Cross Bake Sale/Coffee Greek Food Festival

To volunteer your organization contact Christina Hochleutner at [email protected]‎

Caregivers Support Group Next Meeting is September 10th at 10 a.m. The Caregivers Support Group meets the second Saturday of the month in the Boardroom of the Community Center. Caregivers provides support for the Caregiver in a confidential setting. For more information, contact Steve Pakes [email protected], Bill Lane [email protected], or Presv. Alexandra Poulos [email protected]

Mission Blankets While we wait for detailed shipping instructions from the Orthodox Orphanage in Sierra Leone, West Africa, it seems like a good time to send what we have ready to Greece. The country is dealing significantly with the Syrian refugees, so we plan to double down efforts in getting our blankets to orphans there. The first supply will go to a boys home in Patras. The next will be for an orphanage in Mytilene, Lesvos Island - the entry point for most refugees going to Europe. This island needs all the help it can get. Thanks so very much for all the recent donations of twin blankets and also handmade crosses. We are busy trimming every blanket to make them all “one of a kind.” Thank you on behalf of the children, and for the monetary gifts toward shipping costs. Last but not least, we really appreciate the translations of Greek into English for us done by Soula Lanier. You are all so kind-hearted and generous!! Keep those blankets coming!!! The collection box remains in the church hall, across from the office. God bless you, Karen Antos & Nancy Hebert P.S. We received this message in response to our recent shipment to Chandari, Greece: Dear Holy Trinity Church, I want to thank you one time again. We have received your perfect handmade blankets and are so excited. These blankets are essential for the girls because they are going to visit summer camp in the mountains. Yours sincerely, Vasiliki Manousis, Manager of Christodoulio (Orphanage) 16

General Interest Parish Council Schedule Sept. 4

Jim Dolmas, Dimitri Tsevoukas, Nick Cimino, Jimmy Horiates, Louis Antos, Ellena Fox

Sept. 11

Ari Rigopoulos, Christina Hochleutner, Jim Chappel, Bill Zaemes, Peter Hronas

Sept. 18

Tasos Kaiafas, Wade Stephens, Alin Voicu, Mary Ann Trapalis, Fotis Papanicolaou, Mary LeBrecht

Sept. 25

Jim Dolmas, Dimitri Tsevoukas, Nick Cimino, Jimmy Horiates, Louis Antos, Ellena Fox

Parish Registry Funerals John Dracopoulos, who fell asleep in the Lord Tina Shropulos, who fell asleep in the Lord Panayiota Schott, who fell asleep in the Lord Baptisms Oliver Davrados Health Marianthe Polykalas Verver

Please note our practice for submitting names for prayers for health! Please email us at [email protected] or call the Church Office at (972-991-1166) before the 5th of the month. Each entry will be for a month duration and must be renewed each month.

Holy Trinity Bookstore September brings with it the start of a new school year as well as the beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year. Come on in to the bookstore and pick up the planner published by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. In addition to helping you keep track of your family’s events and obligations it is an excellent resource that includes short morning and evening prayers, fast and feast days, as well as the daily Epistle and Gospel readings. Along with the new year comes new bookstore hours. We are excited to announce that this fall, beginning September 7, we are expanding our hours! In addition to our normal Sunday hours, we will be open on Wednesdays from 2:00 pm to 5:45 pm. Please note, we will be closing promptly in order to ensure we have time to check you out before the Paraklesis Service which begins at 6 p.m. We hope to see you then! Further, in honor of the new Ecclesiastical Year, the bookstore is featuring Becoming Orthod ox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith by Father Peter Gillquist. This is a book for converts and cradle Orthodox Christians alike. It offers an opportunity for all to more fully explore their faith and consider their own Christian journey. In honor of the Nativity of the Theotokos that we celebrate on September 8, the bookstore is featuring Mary the Mother of God: Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas edited by Christopher Veniamin. This short, easy to read book will surely increase your knowledge and understanding of the Theotokos. The Featured icon this month is the Exaltation of the Holy Cross which is commemorated on September 14th. Summer Hours: SUNDAYS ONLY after Divine Liturgy until 12:30 p.m. Your Bookstore Team 17

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Strict Fast 2,7,14,16,21,28,30

September 2016

Wine/Oil Allowed 9, 23

Day

Event

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Thursday

Ecclesiastical New Year Orth 8:30a Div Lit 9:30a (C); Adult Bible S (BR) 10:45a; HTGS 5-6:30p; Men’s B’ball (O) 7p; HOPE (A) 7p; Philop Board Mtg (BR) 7p; GOYA Brd Mtg (A) 7:30p

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Friday

No Activities

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Saturday

GFF Baking Kourambiades (K,O,WW) 9a-4p; Great Vespers (C) 5:00 pm

4

Sunday

Orth 8:15 am Div. Lit. 9:30 am (S); Cat schl after Holy Comm; Coffee after Div Lit-CC; HTHD (O) 12:15-4p

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Monday

OFFICE CLOSED; GFF Mix & Bake Paximadia & Sesame Cookies (Gym) 9a-4p

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Tuesday

P’ball (Gym) 1:30-3 pm; Austin St Cooking 2:30p (K); HTGS 5-6:30p; A.S. Volunteers leave 5:30p; GFF Leaders Mtg (A) 6:30p

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Wednesday HTGS 5-6:30p; Paraklesis (C) 6pm; JOY (A) 7p; B’ball Sr Boys (Gym) 7-9p

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Thursday

Nativity of the Theotokos Orth 8:30a Div Lit 9:30a (C); Adult Bible S (BR) 10:45a; HTGS 5-6:30p; Men’s B’ball (O) 7p; Philop Gen Mtg (A) 7p

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Friday

No activities

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Saturday

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Sunday

GFF Baking Fenekia (K,O) 9a-4p; Caregivers Support Group (BR) 10 a; Great Vespers (C) 5:00 pm; GOYA Kick-Off Party (A,D,O) 6-9p Orth 8:15 am Div Lit 9:30 am (S); Cat schl after Holy Comm; Coffee hosted by Marina Cardinali Elisafidis after Div Lit-CC; HTHD Practice (Gym) 12:15-4p; GOYA B’Ball (Gym) 4-8p

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Monday

Yarn Guild (BR) 10am-2pm

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Tuesday

P’ball (Gym) 1:30-3 pm; HT Greek School (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; AHEPA & DOP Gen Mtgs (O,K) 6 & 6:30p

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Wednesday The Elevation of the Venerable & Life Giving Cross Orth 8:30a Div Lit 9:30a (C); HT Greek School (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Paraklesis (C) 6pm; B’ball Sr Boys (Gym) 7-9p; Canceled GOYA (A) 7p

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Thursday

Adult Bible S (BR) 10:45a; S F Comm Mtg (BR) 1-3p; HTGS 5-6:30p; Men’s B’ball (O) 7p; SALT (A) 7p

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Friday

No activities

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Saturday

GFF Baking Baklava (K,O,WW) 9a-4p; Great Vespers (C) 5:00 pm

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Sunday

Orth 8:15a Div Lit 9:30a (S); Cat Schl after HC; Philop Holy Cross Bake Sale/Coffee after Div Lit-CC; GFF Package all Pastries (O,K) 11a-3p; HTHD Practice (Gym) 12:15-4p; FESTIVAL SET-UP WEEK - Tents go up at 1p (move cars)

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Monday

FESTIVAL SET-UP WEEK

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Tuesday

FESTIVAL SET-UP WEEK; Parish Council Mtg. (GS Room) 6:30p

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Wednesday FESTIVAL SET-UP WEEK; Paraklesis (C) 6pm

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Thursday

FESTIVAL SET-UP WEEK

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Friday

GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL 12pm to 11pm

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Saturday

GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL 11 am to 11 pm

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Sunday

GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL 11 am to 6 pm

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Monday

GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL CLEAN UP - ALL MEETINGS CANCELLED

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Tuesday

GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL CLEAN UP - ALL MEETINGS CANCELLED; HT Greek School (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p;

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Wednesday HT Greek School (GS Rooms) 5-6:30p; Paraklesis (C) 6pm; B’ball Sr Boys (Gym) 7-9p

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Thursday

Adult Bible S (BR) 10:45a; HTGS 5-6:30p; Men’s B’ball (O) 7p

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Friday

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EKFONESIS SEPTEMBER 2016 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 13555 Hillcrest Road Dallas, TX. 75240

Holy Trinity Cemetery Lots Available Cemetery plots are still available in the Orthodox Christian Garden at Restland. Prices in the funeral industry continue to rise, so please don't miss this opportunity to secure your family’s burial needs. Please contact: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Office 972-991-1166 Pre-Purchase: $2,250.00 At Need: $2,750.00

Ekfonesis Information Deadline Please be reminded that all information to be included in the next Ekfonesis must be in the Church office no later than the 5th of the month. Please submit each article as an email attachment to: [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Father Christopher Constantinides Layout Editor: Vickie Wells 20