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Table of Contents

Volume 18 Issue 10 November 2018

Church News ............................... 1

St. Nektarius ................................. 5

St. Andrew .................................... 7

Why Go to Church ..................... 10

Stewardship ............................. 11

Memorials ................................ 12

Calendar................................... 15

Church News

o we need to build an Ark again? Will it ever stop raining? All

this rain could be 80 inches of snow. We are in that bleak pe-riod of cold temperatures and ever changing weather till we get to the festive holidays. The holiday rush is soon to be upon us. The ladies are pre-paring all the great pastries for the Annual Greek Pastry sale. See the add in this issue. The General Assembly is cur-rently scheduled for the be-ginning of December. We are still waiting to hear from the Metropolitan about assign-ing a priest to our home Holy Trinity. An update will be giv-en at the General Assembly.

Remember you can see Bulletin on line at holytrinity.me.goarch.orgunder “Resources”, then Current Newletter

Dotty, Ann, Stella, John, and Toni at the Hellenic Society Dance in Portland.

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BulleTin of THe ParisH of THe


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155 Hogan RoadP. O. Box 1344

Lewiston, Maine 04243-1344Phone & Fax (207) 783-6795

Photographers:David Le GloahecElizabeth Park Writers:David LeGloahecMargery MarsElizabeth Park

Light of Life is the monthly publication of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church of Lewiston, Maine under the Metropolis of Boston of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

It is intended for the communication and edification of the community of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church and its friends.

Publication created using:Adobe® InDesign® CS-5, Adobe® Photoshop® C.S.5, Art Explosion® 750,000, Macromedia Freehand® 9.0, IconGraphics™ Byzantine ClipArt on an Apple iMac.

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See us on the web atholytrinity.me.goarch.org

Committees

Building & Addition: John Stass, Mike PelletierCemetery: Michael PelletierEducation: Chris SiroisFestival: Doreen Cote, Ray GouletFinance & Endowment: Dorothy Moskovis, Mike Pelletier. Hellenic Heritage: Georgia ChomasInterior: John RozosMaintenance: Jim Simones, Harry Simones, Stella GammaitoniParish Historical Society: John KesarisSpiritual Enrichment: Ann RobinsonStewardship: Ann RobinsonLibrarian: Tom GoodwinLadies Society: Melissa LandryChoir Directors: John Rozos, Chris GianopoulosSunday School Director: Stella GammaitoniReaders: George Simones, David LeGloahec, John Rozos, Jaye GouletAcolyte Guides: Roger Park, John ZimbisBook Store Manger: George SimonesVisitation Committee: Margery Mars (933-4949) & Christine Sirois

(784-7107) Other Members: Ann Pelletier, Dotty Moskovis, George Simones, Rosemary Goranites, Deserée Tanquay, and John Rozos.

Food for fellowhip time after church

November4 .........Dustin Family11 .......18.....25 .......

If you wish to host a memorial or sponsor food for after church fellowship please sign up.

Council MembersPresident John Kroger ...................(207) 689-6132Vice President

TreasurerMichael Pelletier ...........(207) 530-0544Assistant Treasurer

SecretaryStella Gammaitoni ........(207) 333-2672

John Carson ...................(207) 213-6954Jack Clifford ..................(207) 784-8748 John Kesaris ..................(207) 622-5381Tom Goodwin ...............(207) 783-1734Peter Goranites ..............(207) 829-4165Dina Medouris ..............(207) 240-6264Jaye Mendros-Goulet ....(207) 956-8650Roger Park ....................(207) 754-1134Jim Simones .................(207) 946–7372

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Send your text, your pictures,

your inspirations, whatever it is,

send it to:[email protected]

Above: Dina explaining things correctly to the ladies as Rosmary and Christine are having a sidebar.

Left: Peter and Jack guiding young Gilman.


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aint Nektarius was born in Selyvria of Thrace on October 1, 1846. After putting himself through school in Constantino-

ple with much hard labour, he became a monk on Chios in 1876, receiving the monastic name of Lazarus; because of his virtue, a year later he was ordained deacon, receiving the new name of Nektarius. Under the patronage of Patriarch Sophronius of Alexandria, Nektarius went to Athens to study in 1882; completing his theo-logical studies in 1885, he went to Alexandria, where Patriarch Sophronius ordained him priest on March 23, 1886 in the Cathedral of Saint Sabbas, and in August of the same year, in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Cairo, made him Archimandrite. Archimandrite Nektarius showed much zeal both for preaching the word of God, and for the beauty of God›s house. He greatly beautified the Church of Saint Nicho-las in Cairo, and years later, when Nektari-us was in Athens, Saint Nicholas appeared to him in a dream, embracing him and tell-ing him he was going to exalt him very high.

On January 15, 1889, in the same Church of Saint Nicholas, Nektarius was consecrat-ed Metropolitan of the Pentapolis in eastern Libya, which was under the jurisdiction of Alexandria. Although Nektarius› swift ascent through the degrees of ecclesiastical office did not affect his modesty and childlike inno-cence, it aroused the envy of lesser men, who convinced the elderly Sophronius that Nek-tarius had it in his heart to become Patriarch. Since the people loved Nektarius, the Patri-arch was troubled by the slanders. On May 3, 1890, Sophronius relieved Metropolitan Nek-tarius of his duties; in July of the same year,

Nektarius the Wonderworker, Metropolitan of Pentapolis

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he commanded Nektarius to leave Egypt.

Without seeking to avenge or even to de-fend himself, the innocent Metropolitan left for Athens, where he found that accusations of immorality had arrived before him. Be-cause his good name had been soiled, he was unable to find a position worthy of a bishop, and in February of 1891 accepted the posi-tion of provincial preacher in Euboia; then, in 1894, he was appointed dean of the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School in Athens. Through his eloquent sermons his unwearying labours to educate fitting men for the priesthood, his generous alms deeds despite his own poverty, and the holiness, meekness, and fatherly love that were manifest in him, he became a shin-ing light and a spiritual guide to many. At the

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St Nektarius from pg. 5request of certain pious wom-en, in 1904 he began the build-ing of his convent of the Holy Trinity on the island of Aegina while yet dean of the Rizarios School; finding later that his presence there was needed, he took up his residence on Ae-gina in 1908, where he spent the last years of his life, de-voting himself to the direction of his convent and to very in-tense prayer; he was some-times seen lifted above the ground while rapt in prayer. He became the protector of all Aegina, through his prayers delivering the island from drought, healing the sick, and casting out demons. Here also he endured wicked slanders with singular patience, for-giving his false accusers and not seeking to avenge him-self. Although he had already worked wonders in life, an in-numerable multitude of mira-cles have been wrought after his repose in 1920 through his holy relics, which for many years remained incorrupt. There is hardly a malady that has not been cured through his prayers; but Saint Nektarius is especially renowned for his healings of cancer for suffer-ers in all parts of the world.

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s the first to be called by Jesus Christ into his service, St. Andrew commands a reverence a degree greater than those

who have followed. For this reason, St. Andrew is called Protokletos, or “First-called.”

St. Andrew, like his brother St. Peter, was a fisherman, a toiler with net and boat recognized in the Psalms of the Old Testament as one of those “who go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.” His love of the sea stemmed from his love of the Creator who made it, and the perils of the sea which he challenged daily forged the character with which he boldly assailed the seas of ignorance and paganism in the sacred trust that had been placed in his keeping.

St. Andrew, who lived in the Holy Land in the ancient city of Bethsaida, accepted Christ with all his heart and after a discipleship with St. John the Baptist went forth to become one of the greatest missionaries in all history. When the apostles drew lots to determine their sphere of labour for the Saviour, St. Andrew exulted in his mission to preach in Asia Minor, part of Greece, and an area along the coast of the Black Sea, including its gateway, the city now known as Istanbul, or Constantinople.

Wherever St. Andrew went he attracted throngs of people who thirsted for a spiritual knowledge. His message of deliverance was so eloquently convincing, even to hostile minds, that he is credited with having converted countless thousands to Christianity in a day when mass media did not exist. As an apostle, his only tools were his power of oratory and

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his love for Jesus, and his only press agent was the word of mouth of those privileged to hear his homilies.

St. Andrew came to Jerusalem for the First Synod of the Apostles, about 50 AD, another historic first for him and the other apostles, some of whom he had not yet met. There he rejoiced in joining the great St. Peter together with those but for whom Christianity might never have become the glorious human experience it is today. Out of the Synod, the apostles went forth with renewed vigour to establish the ecclesiastical system.

St. Andrew alone is credited with having set up parishes throughout Asia Minor, in Pontos, Bithynia, Thrace, Macedonia, Greece, Scythia (Russia, where he is still regarded as patron saint) and in the capital city of Byzantium. It was in Byzantium that St. Andrew ordained Stachys as first bishop of Byzantium (later Constantinople), thereby establishing an unbroken line of 270 patriarchs down to the present day Patriarch Bartholomeos 1st. From

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Byzantium, St. Andrew went on to more glory through his compelling oratory and power of healing through Jesus Christ. He eventually found himself in Achaia, in the city of Patras, where he was to suffer death.

St. Andrew committed the grave crime in the eyes of the state of converting Maximilla, wife of the ruler Aigeates, to Christianity. Despite the fact that he was then eighty years old, it was ordered that he be put to death by being nailed upside down to an X-shaped cross. After three days of agony on this vile device, St. Andrew died. The great fisherman had cast his net for Christ for the last time. St. Andrew’s remains were brought to Constantinople two hundred years later and in 1460 his head was given to the pope. On 24 September 1964, in an ecumenical gesture, the head was returned to the people of Patras by the pope.

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Why Go To CHURCH?

A church-goer wrote a letter to the editor of the newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.

“I’ve gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can’t remember a single one of them. So I think I’m wasting my time and the pas-tors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all.”

This started a real controversy in the “Let-ters to the Editor” column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher.

“I’ve been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this: They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!”

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Stewardship 2018Weekly Income Graph as of August 8

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40%

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20%

10%

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Stewardship 2018

Budgeted $96,512

Stewardship Collected as of August 8, 2018

$56,565.69

Percent to GoalCollected 58.6%

($2741.69.00 in the black)

For the last 8 monthsThe collection met the weekly budget

10/29 timesAs shown by the graph above.

100%

90%

80%

70%

60%

On 8/8/18 took in $1877.00 needed $1856.00

Yearly Budget 52weeks x $1856.00 = $96,512.00

Includes $1357.00 donation from the Ladies

Soceity

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Holy Week

Running Average of Weekly Income

Amfilo ...................... 12/2019S. & A Bournakel ....... 10/2018Goranites ................PerpetualHildreth ..................PerpetualJames ......................PerpetualKaragiannes ............. 12/2018Karvelas ................... 12/2018Kesaris ....................Perpetual

MemorialsIf you wish to have a memorial in the bulletin, please see D. LeGloahec

or eMail to:[email protected]. Listed below is the name and the last bulletin.

Kleros...................PerpetualMargarones ..........PerpetualMerkouis ..............PerpetualPelletier ................PerpetualSamson ................PerpetualTaxiarchis .............PerpetualVlacheas (2) .......... 12/2018


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M E M O R I A L S

In Memory ofErvin & Virginia

Pelletier

May their memories be eternal

In Memory ofAntheJames

May her memory be eternal

In Memory ofGeorgia

Taxiarchis


In Memory ofJames & Mary

Goranites


In Memory ofJohn

Margarones

May his memory be eternal

In Memory ofNicholas

& EvridiceMerkouris


In Memory ofMary

Samson


In Memory ofTheodore &

Elizabeth Kleros


In Memory ofLewis Kesaris


In Memory ofSteve & Loretta

KarvelasMay their memories

be eternal

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M E M O R I A L S

In Memory ofMary Vlacheas


In Memory ofSpero & Jennie

Vlacheas


In Memory ofMichel Prouchinsky


In Memory ofAliki Karagiannes


In Memory ofSophia Amfilio


In Memory ofJohn & Viola Margarones


In Memory ofChirstopher & Ethel Markos


In Memory ofPeter & Thelxy

NicholsMay their memories be eternal

In Memory ofBessie

Hildreth



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DIAL- A- GREEK PASTRY Let Us Do Your Holiday Baking For You!

1. Baklava: The aristocrat of pastry desserts. Buttered, paper-thin filo dough layered with a filling of spices and finely chopped walnuts, baked until crisp and golden. While warm, the pastry is covered with honey syrup. $2.00 Each

2. Finikia: Cake-like cookies baked to a rich brown, moist and fragrant with spices, dipped in honey syrup and sprinkled with chopped nuts. $1.00 Each

3. Flogeres: An Athenian delight. Made with walnuts, wrapped in filo dough, then dipped in honey syrup and finished with a delicate chocolate garnish. $2.00 Each

4. Kourabiedes: Exquisite cookies, similar to shortbread. Made with sweet butter, baked until golden brown and blanketed with powdered sugar. $1.25 Each

5. Kataifi: Shredded filo dough filled with nuts and cinnamon, baked to a golden brown and dipped in honey syrup. A delightfully different dessert. $2.50 Each

6. Tiropitas: Crispy cheese triangles made with feta and other white cheeses, eggs and

buttered filo dough. Frozen for your convenience. Simply bake and serve. A superb and most unusual hors d’oeuvre. Tray of eight $6.00 7. Spanakopitas: Delicious triangles of spinach, feta, and other white cheeses in buttered filo dough. Frozen for your convenience. Simply bake and serve. Perfect as an appetizer. Tray of eight $6.00

8. Mamoul: Not-too-sweet shortbread-like cookies pressed from a decorative wooden mold, stuffed with walnuts and cinnamon, then sprinkled with sugar. Uniquely delicious! $1.50 Each

*Best value 9. Gift Box: 14- piece pastry assortment packaged in a box suitable for giving. Contains 4 baklava, 2 flogeres, 2 kataifi, 3 finikia, 2 kourabiedes, and 1 mamoul $22.00 10. Tsourekia: Braided aromatic sweet bread baked to perfection and covered with sesame seeds. Delicious toasted with your morning coffee! Loaf $7.00 Each

Please pick up orders on Saturday, November 18, 2017 ~ 9: 30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m

Holy Trinity Greek Church, 155 Hogan Road, Lewiston, ME

To order, please

Call: 946-7372 or 784-7107 or 729-8155

e-mail: [email protected]

ORDER Deadline: November 15, 2017

DIAL- A- GREEK PASTRYLet Us Do Your Holiday Baking For You!

To order, please

Call: 946-7372 or 784-7107 or 729-8155

e-mail: [email protected]

ORDER Deadline: November 14, 2016

1. Baklava: The aristocrat of pastry desserts. Buttered, paper-thin filo dough layered with a filling of spices and finely chopped walnuts, baked until crisp and golden. While warm, the pastry is covered with honey syrup. $2.00 Each

2. Finikia: Cake-like cookies baked to a rich brown, moist and fragrant with spices, dipped in honey syrup and sprinkled with chopped nuts. $1.00 Each

3. Flogeres: An Athenian delight. Made with walnuts wrapped in filo dough, then dipped in honey syrup and finished with a delicate chocolate garnish. $2.00 Each

4. Kourabiedes: Exquisite cookies, similar to shortbread. Made with sweet butter, baked until golden brown and blanketed with powdered sugar. $1.25 Each

5. Kataifi: Shredded filo dough filled with nuts and cinnamon, baked to a golden brown and dipped in honey syrup. A delightfully different dessert. $2.50 Each

6. Tropitas: Crispy cheese triangles made with feta and other white cheeses, eggs and buttered filo dough. Frozen for your convenience. Simply bake and serve. A superb and most unusual hors d’oeuvre. Tray of eight $7.00

7. Spanakopitas: Delicious triangles of spinach, feta, and other white cheeses in buttered filo dough. Fro-zen for your convenience. Simply bake and serve. Perfect as an appetizer. Tray of eight $7.00

8. Paximathia: The Greek version of biscotti. A not-so-sweet treat made with cinnamon, walnuts, sesame seeds, and a splash of brandy. Delicious with coffee or tea! Package of six $5.00

Best Value

9. Gift Box: 15-piece pastry assortment, packaged in a box suitable for giving. Contains 4 Baklava,

2 Flogeres, 2 Kataifi , 3 Kourabiedes, 3 Finikia and 2 paximathia. $22.00

10. Tsourekia: Braided aromatic sweet bread baked to perfection and covered with sesame seeds. Delicious toasted with your morning coffee! Loaf $7.00 Each

Please pick up orders on Saturday, November 17 ~ 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.mHoly Trinity Greek Church, 155 Hogan Rd., Lewiston, ME

New!

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Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

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45th Sunday of LukeOrthros 9:00 AM

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Liturgy 10:00 AMGeneral Assembly

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Memorials

Cost in the Bulletin2 Months.............. ...................$20.001 Year ..... .............................. $110.00Perpetual (No Expiration) .$1000.00

If you need Koliva (wheat) for a memorial, please contact the Ladies Society who will prepare it. There is no cost.


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from:Holy TriniTy Greek orTHodox CHurCH

P.o. Box 1344 155 HoGan road lewisTon, me 04243-1344

To:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING AGENDA

December 4, 2018Opening PrayerElection of Moderator & Recording Secretary ..Ann RobinsonRecording Secretary’s Report ................................Stella GammatoniPresident’s Report ...................................................John KrogerPriest Search Update ...............................................J. RozosFestival Report .........................................................Michael Pelletier Treasurer’s Report ...................................................Michael Pelletier Ladies Society ..........................................................Melissa LandryElection of New Council membersBusiness:2019 Projects

Other:

Dial-A-Greek Pastryis Coming

November 18, 2018

Be ready to tell your friends & get their order in for all those

sweet treats.See more on Pg. 18

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