NEWSLETTER MARCHndash APRIL 2016

Saint George Greek Orthodox Church 2701 North Sheffield Avenue Chicago Illinois 60614

Apokriatiko Glendi St George Style

Everyone came from near and far to the Apokriatiko Glendi on February 26 2016 What Kefi what great parea and what fun as the dancing eating and socializing went on through the night The Kefi and fun started immediately upon entering the mag-nificently transformed Community Center The lighting the drapery the centerpieces the boat and house props made the meta-morphosis from Community Center to Mardi Gras Banquet Hall complete People of all ages were on the dance floor dancing to Greek music as well as taking pictures and socializing This was indeed what Apokriatiko Glendi is meant to be Thank you thank you thank you to each person who attended and to each person who contributed to this event With-

out your presence and without your contributions it would not have been the smashing success that it was Thank you to the Ladies Educational Society for all

the hard work in organizing and executing on all aspects of this event The proceeds from this event are earmarked for our newly created Preschool the only Greek P r e s c h o o l i n t h e C i t y of Chicago We are very excited about our Preschool and about the promise for tomorrow

OPA

Dear Parishioners and Friends It is with great joy that we begin once again the tradi-tion of a newsletter at Saint George We hope that ldquoThe Mes-sengerrdquo brings the life of our beautiful and lively community to wherever you may be

Thus far 2016 has been a very exciting year at Saint George As you all know we have begun a major renovation project in order to beautify our church The excitement amongst our parishioners is inspiring As those before us sacri-ficed and worked to build and maintain this beautiful building we are now honored to have the blessing to participate in en-suring that Saint George is a jewel in our Archdiocese

This year Great Lent begins on Monday March 14th This beautiful journey of humility and repentance can be life altering and I hope that we all have a blessed experi-ence as we attend the Lenten services The fathers of the Church have developed the Lenten process with great wisdom and experience and we can all benefit greatly from the Lenten struggle May your journey through Great Lent be meaningful

Καλή Σαρακοστή

Fr Chrysanthos

Saint George Communications Thank you to everyone who contributed to the reintroduction of our Newsletter ldquoThe Messengerrdquo We welcome comments articles and announcements of inter-est to our parishioners Fr Chrysanthos is always available for your feedback or you can contact us using any of the following methods Telephone 7735251793 FAX 7735252867 Email officestgeorgechicagonet Website Stgeorgechicagonet Facebook St George Greek Orthodox Church Chicago Instagram stgeorgechicago

Honoring the Past Celebrating the Present Embracing the Future

Dear Fellow Parishioners I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the ex-traordinary privilege yoursquove given me to serve as Parish Council President of St George Our Parish is rich in tradition and histo-ry Whether you are a long time parishioner a new parishioner or a visitor we welcome you and thank you As I reflect on the growth and enthusiasm of our Parish I am truly amazed With the spiritual leadership and tireless efforts of Father Chrysanthos and with the help of the Parish Council and of so many within our congregation we have seen a rebirth of our Sunday School Young Adults Program Little Angels and many other youth programs We have seen Stewardship flourish and we have had the most successful Festival in the history of our Par-ish Our Saturday School has continued to grow We also started a daily Preschool Philoptochos has continued to provide for those in need and the Ladies Educational Society is doing an excellent job organizing and assisting with our school programs Coffee hour continues to be a time of community and friendship As most of you have seen we are restoring and renovat-ing our beautiful Church for future generations We will continue to provide details of that effort as we move forward We are truly blessed to have you as part of our Ecclesia here at St George and with enthusiasm I look forward to the year ahead

James Metropulos

Stewardship 378 Stewards in 2015 There were 378 familiesindividuals who became Stewards in 2015 Thank you thank you on behalf of the entire St George community for your support and generosity Being Stewards means being caretakers As caretakers by giving of your time talent and treasure you ensure that our beautiful St George is open and welcoming to all who come through its doors -- whether itrsquos to light a candle to hear Fatherrsquos sermon for Sun-day Liturgy for a Wedding for a Baptism for a Funeral for a Memorial for an Artoclasia for a Saintrsquos Day for quiet prayer for reflection or yes for parea during coffee hour or for any other social activity Thank you Stewards for taking care of our Parish and our Parishioners To date there are 162 familiesindividuals who have made a Stewardship commitment for 2016 You too can be a Stew-ard a caretaker of our beautiful St George We welcome all and remember that ldquoNo gift is too smallrdquo and ldquoNo gift is too largerdquo Myra Karegianes and the Stewardship Committee

Our Stewardship Committee is planning a

wonderful event on March 20th following the Divine

Liturgy They have arranged for to see the beautiful exhib-

it currently at the Field Museum ldquoThe Greeks

From Agamemnon to Alexander the Greatrdquo

The Greeks is co-presented in Chicago by The Field Muse-um and the National Hellenic Museum The exhibit in-cludes more than 500 artifacts from ancient Greece

Hope to see you there

Message from our Parish Council President Saint George Greek Orthodox Church Sunday Services Orthros 830AM

Divine Liturgy 915 AM Church office hours 900 AM to 300 PM

Fr Chrysanthos Kerkeres Parish Priest Anthony Ruggerio Pastoral Assistant Evangelos Vouris Psalti Peter Tsioles Psalti Eva Patrikakou School Director Peggy Contos Preschool Director Efthimia (Mia) Gziki Secretary Kosta Gogos Neokoro

Parish Council

James Metropulos Parish Council President Violetta Kapsalis Buhler Vice President Nick Pipikios Treasurer Anastasios Stamatis Asst Treasurer George Katsikas Asst Treasurer Sara Pessimisis Recording Secretary Theodora Diolitsis Corresponding Secretary

Eunice Buhler Andreas Desiniotes Dean Diamantakos

Nick Floros Demetrios Karanikolas

Demetrios Korolis George Korolis

Toula Loukis John Nikolakakis Eleni Panoutsos Eugenia Splinter Elias Voulgaris Tasos Ziabaras

BAPTISMS Parthena Olga the daughter of Olga and Pete Athans was baptized by her Godparents Joanne and Andreas Limber Evangelia Velerie the daughter of Katherine and Christos Preazas was baptized by her Godfather Panos Prezas Alexander the son of Stephanie and Josue Sabillon was baptized by his Godparents Susan and Christopher Skidmore Ioannis the son of Demetra and Jerome Castillo was baptized by his Godparents Alexandra and Bill Laskaridis Sarah the daughter of Graham Bell and Catherine Dimou was baptized by her Godmother Presvytera Vasiliki Kerkeres

Congratulations Χίλιες ευχές στα νεοφυτα σας για υγεία ευτυχία πρόοδο και καλοτυχία

FUNERALS Our condolences to the families of Angelo Tsarpas and Achilleas Palamas

May their memory be eternal

Αιωνία τους η Μνήμη

From our St George Registry

Our YAL group together with the young adults from Annunciation will have a private viewing of

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 March 27th at 600 PM

At Regal Webster Place 11 1471 W Webster Ave Chicago Tickets are only available in advance

and seats are limited Final date to RSVP and purchase tickets is 320

(unless we sell out sooner)To reserve your seat and purchase your ticket please send $1254 (per ticket)

to suzannevelonisgmailcom via Venmo Chase Quickpay Bank of America or PayPal

St George YAL members can purchase tickets from Christine Savas

or email stgeorgechicagoyalgmailcom Well be meeting beforehand for food and drinks at

330pm at Derby Bar and Grill (1224 W Webster)

Donrsquot worry there will be lamb for vegetarians

Blue and white attire optional

A message from YAL

Christine Ziabaras inspecting the progress of the renovation

Renovation of St George Church

The ceiling and beams are now beautifully restored and painted

Damage to our walls exposed after canvas Icons were removed for restoration

A quick update on the renovation of our church

Ceiling has been completely repaired

Ceiling decorations with detailed sten-ciling and refinishing beams are near-ing completion

Barrel arch in preparation for the Icon of Pantocrator is almost completed

Most of our canvas Icons have been removed and taken off site for restora-tion

Walls are being repaired after exten-sive damage was exposed upon remov-al of canvas Icons

Chandeliers are being rewired cleaned and revamped

Join us this Lenten season and see for yourself the beautiful transformation of our church

Panagiota Fassos and Bess Smyrniotis Directors

Preparing for the Great Celebration of Pascha

Very soon we will be entering the period of Great Lent It is the ecclesiastical time of year that we prepare ourselves and families for the Resurrection of our Lord ndash Pascha

Unlike Christmas there are no store decorations TV specials gift wrapping and holiday parties that our children see us and the lsquooutside worldrsquo prepare for that gives them any indication that we are entering and observing this period before Pascha The task falls upon us to explain and illustrate through our ac-tions the observance of Great Lent But how do we do it Be-low are a few suggestions and as one writer writes practical suggestions

There are a number of special church services that occur during Lent (the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts Saluta-tions to the Theotokos) Choose one and attend with your family

Talk about Lent ndash what is fasting why do we fast What is the Sunday of Orthodoxy and why are we asked to bring our icons to church that Sunday

Choose a task during Lent and Holy Week for the children to help such as making palms for Palm Sunday decorating the Epitaphio and dyeing eggs for Easter services

Choose a book about a saint to read before going to bed or a Bible story

In todayrsquos world everybody is very busy with both the adult schedule and the childrenrsquos activity schedule For the period of Great Lent let us try to lsquounplugrsquo from our tech world and lsquoplugrsquo into Godrsquos wonderful world around us

May Saint George guide and give us strength as we begin the journey through Great Lent

Information regarding registration for the 2016 Good Friday Retreat will be announced in mid-April

Winter FanarimdashRegistration is open for Winter Fanari Session will be the weekend of March 11-12th Fee of $155 per camper is due by March 5th Registration packets can be found at Chicagogoarchorg Any questions contact Dn Chris Avramopolous at (312) 337- 4130 or gochicagoyouthaolcom

GOYA March 25thmdashGOYA will go BOWLING With no school on March 25th we will use this opportunity to worship together and celebrate the feast of the Holy Annun-ciation We will then go as a group to Waveland Bowl for a fun afternoon of fellowship

Ionian VillagemdashRegistration for Ionian Village opens on March 1st Ionian Village is a unique summer camping pro-gram for Greek Orthodox teens located in Greece and op-erated by the Greek Or-thodox Archdiocese of America Participants trav-el across Greece venerate the relics of saints walk in the footsteps of the Apos-tles and visit significant sites of Greek history and culture Last year registra-tion SOLD OUT in 5 days Registration can be found at ionianvillageorg

Get Involved

Sunday School

SAINT GEORGE PARISH COUNCIL ANNUAL PALM SUNDAY LUNCHEON

BAKALAOS AND SKORDALIA APRIL 24 2016

This is the hottest ticket in town Please make your reservations early

Adults $25 - Children under 10 years old $20 (fish sticks)

All festival raffle tickets purchased before this date

will have a chance to win at our early bird raffle

RSVP church office 7735251793 or officestgeorgechicagonet

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

ldquo From Rock Star Atheist to Orthodox Missionaryrdquo

Fr Themi from Sierra Leone will at

St George on Sunday March 13th

He will offer a special video presentation after Liturgy He will also be with us for Forgiveness Vespers which will be followed with an open discussion

YOUTH PROGRAMS Welcoming children 40 days old through High School

By Anthony Ruggerio Pastoral Assistant Our youth programs continue to grow as our parish grows In December we had a youth wide event at Feed My Starving Children We had partici-pants from our Hope and Joy programs all the way through our young adult programs Accompanied by some of our parents we had an amazing time pack-ing food that was shipped to children in need in Haiti Our session at Feed My Starving Children packaged over 20000 meals that were delivered to the children in Haiti We also offered a $200 donation on behalf of St George to help with this incredible ministry to less fortunate children around the world We are hoping to schedule another event at Feed My Starving Children during the Lenten season

LITTLE ANGELS Bess Smyrniotis Director

Our Little Angels ministry continues to thrive and grow Children from 40 days to 4 years of age come to our program in the care of parents grandparents or nannies We also welcome the St George day preschool to our lesson each Tuesday as we expand our knowledge of Greek taught by k Eva learn about our faith from Father Chrysanthos or Anthony and enjoy fellowship of all while learning our numbers and colors in Greek singing songs doing finger plays snacking and running and playing in the wide open spaces of the gym Today we had twenty-four in our group and each week enjoy welcoming new friends to our circle

GOYA In December we had spent a great afternoon with some of our GOYAns in Down Town Chicago The afternoon started at the Brown Line when we hopped on the Christmas train carrying Santa around the Loop We met up with Fr Chris and our youth advisors at the Kristkin-dle Market and walked around the city to take in the festive decorations from Millennium Park to the Walnut Room In January we spent Mar-tin Luther King Day at a joint event with Ss Peter and Paul GOYA and St Haralambos GOYA We all met at Sky High Sports in Niles for a fun afternoon of fellowship and trampolines It is important to remember aside from the competition that our youth programs offer that we are still one in the eyes of Christ We are hoping to do further joint events with our neighboring GOYAs In February we had an amazing Lock-in at St George with 17 of our GOYAns staying the night in our church We began the night with an intense match of Nerf Capture the Flag We held a discussion on cyber bullying and self esteem and then joined together to pray the Small Compline in the church Thanks to one of our parish-ioners we watched a movie on a 12-foot screen and then played basket-ball late into the night We hope to come together for our next GOYA event on Western Good Friday March 25th when there is no school

HOPE AND JOY In January we had a wonderful ldquoDive for the Crossrdquo event with the children at LPAC across the street from our church Over 20 children and their parents joined us for a pleasant afternoon of fellowship and prayer to mark at the pool to mark the Theophany season Afterwards we returned to the church for lunch and cut into our Youth Group Vasilopita February 20th we met as a group again and the children learned about the story of the Publican and the Pharisee This week we learned how to talk to God These stories mark the beginning of the Triodion season which

prepares us for Great Lent It is important to familiarize our children with these stories so that this important liturgical season becomes a part of their daily lives as they grow older

By Andie Kyros It had been over ten years since St George was able to form a youth

basketball team to participate in the Greek Orthodox Athletic League but this season fortunately broke that streak Combined with the kids from our neighboring parish St Andrew we were able to field two teams for this yearrsquos tournament a Biddy Team consisting of 2nd-6th graders and a Grade School Team of 7th and 8th grade players

The players developed and improved their basketball skills and played competitively and aggressively all while practicing great sportsmanship and enjoying the fellowship that comes along with the game Both teams advanced to the playoffs with the Biddy Team securing their first round win Unfortu-nately the season came to an end this past Sunday as they lost in the second round Many tears were shed for they just did not want the season to come to a close

The coaches and players of both parishes enjoyed themselves greatly and have formed close relation-ships that will lead us to continue to c o l l a b o r a t e together in future athletic events Hopes are high that looking ahead into the next ten years of athletics St George will most definite-ly be in at-tendance

Athletics

GOYA Lock-in February 2016

Message from our Schools

Peggy Kontos Director of St George Preschool Spring Greetings

The Lenten season is upon us and at St George Preschool the teach-ers discuss the concepts with the children on a basic level since Easter is the most important feast of the Greek Orthodox religion Our Pre-schoolers learn about their religion language and culture starting at an early age

As we begin Great Lent on March 14thndashΚαθαρα Δευτε ρα our students and teachers will enjoy an age-old traditional Greek snack of

λαγα να χαλβα αγκουρα κια ντοματου λες and ελι τσες After-wards we will continue with a ldquokite flyingrdquoevent outside where all our

students will have the opportunity to fly a kite In addition Κυρα Σαρακοστή (a paper doll - symbolizing a nun) is introduced to the

children with the idea of fasting and bringing us closer to God Κυρα Σαρακοστή has seven legs representing seven weeks of Great Lent and each week a leg is cut off showing how many weeks until Easter her hands are crossed because she is praying and her mouth is closed be-cause she is fasting leading the young and adults throughout the weeks of Lent into Easter

Basic drawings are also introduced to our students including Christ on the Cross and Christ flowing through the clouds into the Heavens which they may see in church Different crafts reinforce the lessons For example coloring red eggs teach children that the red dye symbolizes

Jesusrsquos blood on the cross when ldquothe bad people put Χριστου λή on the cross and after 3 days he went to Heavenrdquo The children because they are young do not begin going to confession until a later age However Father Chrysanthos meets with our students on a weekly basis and talks

to the children about Χριστου λή Great Lent Πα σχα the rituals of

our Church the Επιτα φιο the flowers the Crusifix and different hymns In addition throughout the weeks of Lent our students are

taught the different food we eat at Easter laquoαρνα κι πατατου λες μαγειρι τσα τσουρε κι κουλουρα κια τσου γκρισμα με τα κο κκινα αυγα Prior to Ανα στασή the children understand that

they will receive their ldquoλαμπα δεςrsquorsquo from their Godparents and they

learn holiday greetings such as ldquoΧριστο ς Ανε στή-Αλήθώ ς Ανε στήrdquo Children need to participate in these preparations at an early age so they are part of our Greek customs and celebrations and learn from them Children learn a lot at an early age and this is the secret in preserving our roots language religion and cultural rituals

Our students are also preparing for their Greek Independence day celebration held on March 24th and are looking forward to the Greek Parade on April 17th They will be on our float dressed in their tradi-

tional costumes waiving their συμαι ας proudly ABOUT OUR SCHOOL

Our program encourages children to be actively involved in the learn-ing process and to experience a variety of activities appro-priate for their age and stage of devel-opment in the con-text of a Greek Orthodox environ-ment At St George Preschool We Believe bull Continuous learning should be the focus of the school bull In fostering joy and excitement for learning

Silly Week at our Preschool

bull That successful learning experiences require careful development and implementation of curriculum assessment and instruction bull That together ndash teachers students administrators staff parents and community ndash we can and do make a difference

Our classes feature Individual and group activities to develop social lan-guage and cognitive skills Field trips and Special Guests Circle time crea-tive time games crafts music and PE Developmentally appropriate activi-ties following monthly themes An enclosed indoor gymnasium In our school children learn through play planned by adults important language skills in Greek and in English social skills motor coordination and self-confidence Our teachers who are warm nurturing and experienced can assure for your child a positive transition to and beyond We encourage you to contact saintgeorgepreschoolgmailcom to set up a tour of our school and to meet our teachers You are also welcomed to call with any questions you may have about our program We are happy to have you as part of our St George Family Both full and half day programs are available as well as after school enrichment programs No prior Greek knowledge is required Applications are now being accepted for the 2016-2017 school year

Saturday School The Saturday Greek School continues to flourish The fluency and ease with which the students communicate in the Greek language is truly amazing The fluency was witnessed at the Hellenic Letters Program on January 24 2016 when the students put on a performance in Greek We are so proud of all of the students and so appreciative of the hard work of Dr Eva Patrikakou the dedication of the parents in their support of the Saturday Greek School and of the Ladies Education Edu-cational Society for all of its support

Greek Independence Day Celebrations from our School

Our Preschool program will be on

March 24th during class time

Our Saturday School program will be

Saturday March 19th at 400 PM

All students are invited to march with St George at the

annual Hellenic Parade April 17th at Greektown

ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΛΑΣ

ΖΗΤΩ Η 25η ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ

BAPTISMS Parthena Olga the daughter of Olga and Pete Athans was baptized by her Godparents Joanne and Andreas Limber Evangelia Velerie the daughter of Katherine and Christos Preazas was baptized by her Godfather Panos Prezas Alexander the son of Stephanie and Josue Sabillon was baptized by his Godparents Susan and Christopher Skidmore Ioannis the son of Demetra and Jerome Castillo was baptized by his Godparents Alexandra and Bill Laskaridis Sarah the daughter of Graham Bell and Catherine Dimou was baptized by her Godmother Presvytera Vasiliki Kerkeres

Congratulations Χίλιες ευχές στα νεοφυτα σας για υγεία ευτυχία πρόοδο και καλοτυχία

FUNERALS Our condolences to the families of Angelo Tsarpas and Achilleas Palamas

May their memory be eternal

Αιωνία τους η Μνήμη

From our St George Registry

Our YAL group together with the young adults from Annunciation will have a private viewing of

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 March 27th at 600 PM

At Regal Webster Place 11 1471 W Webster Ave Chicago Tickets are only available in advance

and seats are limited Final date to RSVP and purchase tickets is 320

(unless we sell out sooner)To reserve your seat and purchase your ticket please send $1254 (per ticket)

to suzannevelonisgmailcom via Venmo Chase Quickpay Bank of America or PayPal

St George YAL members can purchase tickets from Christine Savas

or email stgeorgechicagoyalgmailcom Well be meeting beforehand for food and drinks at

330pm at Derby Bar and Grill (1224 W Webster)

Donrsquot worry there will be lamb for vegetarians

Blue and white attire optional

A message from YAL

Christine Ziabaras inspecting the progress of the renovation

Renovation of St George Church

The ceiling and beams are now beautifully restored and painted

Damage to our walls exposed after canvas Icons were removed for restoration

A quick update on the renovation of our church

Ceiling has been completely repaired

Ceiling decorations with detailed sten-ciling and refinishing beams are near-ing completion

Barrel arch in preparation for the Icon of Pantocrator is almost completed

Most of our canvas Icons have been removed and taken off site for restora-tion

Walls are being repaired after exten-sive damage was exposed upon remov-al of canvas Icons

Chandeliers are being rewired cleaned and revamped

Join us this Lenten season and see for yourself the beautiful transformation of our church

Panagiota Fassos and Bess Smyrniotis Directors

Preparing for the Great Celebration of Pascha

Very soon we will be entering the period of Great Lent It is the ecclesiastical time of year that we prepare ourselves and families for the Resurrection of our Lord ndash Pascha

Unlike Christmas there are no store decorations TV specials gift wrapping and holiday parties that our children see us and the lsquooutside worldrsquo prepare for that gives them any indication that we are entering and observing this period before Pascha The task falls upon us to explain and illustrate through our ac-tions the observance of Great Lent But how do we do it Be-low are a few suggestions and as one writer writes practical suggestions

There are a number of special church services that occur during Lent (the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts Saluta-tions to the Theotokos) Choose one and attend with your family

Talk about Lent ndash what is fasting why do we fast What is the Sunday of Orthodoxy and why are we asked to bring our icons to church that Sunday

Choose a task during Lent and Holy Week for the children to help such as making palms for Palm Sunday decorating the Epitaphio and dyeing eggs for Easter services

Choose a book about a saint to read before going to bed or a Bible story

In todayrsquos world everybody is very busy with both the adult schedule and the childrenrsquos activity schedule For the period of Great Lent let us try to lsquounplugrsquo from our tech world and lsquoplugrsquo into Godrsquos wonderful world around us

May Saint George guide and give us strength as we begin the journey through Great Lent

Information regarding registration for the 2016 Good Friday Retreat will be announced in mid-April

Winter FanarimdashRegistration is open for Winter Fanari Session will be the weekend of March 11-12th Fee of $155 per camper is due by March 5th Registration packets can be found at Chicagogoarchorg Any questions contact Dn Chris Avramopolous at (312) 337- 4130 or gochicagoyouthaolcom

GOYA March 25thmdashGOYA will go BOWLING With no school on March 25th we will use this opportunity to worship together and celebrate the feast of the Holy Annun-ciation We will then go as a group to Waveland Bowl for a fun afternoon of fellowship

Ionian VillagemdashRegistration for Ionian Village opens on March 1st Ionian Village is a unique summer camping pro-gram for Greek Orthodox teens located in Greece and op-erated by the Greek Or-thodox Archdiocese of America Participants trav-el across Greece venerate the relics of saints walk in the footsteps of the Apos-tles and visit significant sites of Greek history and culture Last year registra-tion SOLD OUT in 5 days Registration can be found at ionianvillageorg

Get Involved

Sunday School

SAINT GEORGE PARISH COUNCIL ANNUAL PALM SUNDAY LUNCHEON

BAKALAOS AND SKORDALIA APRIL 24 2016

This is the hottest ticket in town Please make your reservations early

Adults $25 - Children under 10 years old $20 (fish sticks)

All festival raffle tickets purchased before this date

will have a chance to win at our early bird raffle

RSVP church office 7735251793 or officestgeorgechicagonet

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

ldquo From Rock Star Atheist to Orthodox Missionaryrdquo

Fr Themi from Sierra Leone will at

St George on Sunday March 13th

He will offer a special video presentation after Liturgy He will also be with us for Forgiveness Vespers which will be followed with an open discussion

YOUTH PROGRAMS Welcoming children 40 days old through High School

By Anthony Ruggerio Pastoral Assistant Our youth programs continue to grow as our parish grows In December we had a youth wide event at Feed My Starving Children We had partici-pants from our Hope and Joy programs all the way through our young adult programs Accompanied by some of our parents we had an amazing time pack-ing food that was shipped to children in need in Haiti Our session at Feed My Starving Children packaged over 20000 meals that were delivered to the children in Haiti We also offered a $200 donation on behalf of St George to help with this incredible ministry to less fortunate children around the world We are hoping to schedule another event at Feed My Starving Children during the Lenten season

LITTLE ANGELS Bess Smyrniotis Director

Our Little Angels ministry continues to thrive and grow Children from 40 days to 4 years of age come to our program in the care of parents grandparents or nannies We also welcome the St George day preschool to our lesson each Tuesday as we expand our knowledge of Greek taught by k Eva learn about our faith from Father Chrysanthos or Anthony and enjoy fellowship of all while learning our numbers and colors in Greek singing songs doing finger plays snacking and running and playing in the wide open spaces of the gym Today we had twenty-four in our group and each week enjoy welcoming new friends to our circle

GOYA In December we had spent a great afternoon with some of our GOYAns in Down Town Chicago The afternoon started at the Brown Line when we hopped on the Christmas train carrying Santa around the Loop We met up with Fr Chris and our youth advisors at the Kristkin-dle Market and walked around the city to take in the festive decorations from Millennium Park to the Walnut Room In January we spent Mar-tin Luther King Day at a joint event with Ss Peter and Paul GOYA and St Haralambos GOYA We all met at Sky High Sports in Niles for a fun afternoon of fellowship and trampolines It is important to remember aside from the competition that our youth programs offer that we are still one in the eyes of Christ We are hoping to do further joint events with our neighboring GOYAs In February we had an amazing Lock-in at St George with 17 of our GOYAns staying the night in our church We began the night with an intense match of Nerf Capture the Flag We held a discussion on cyber bullying and self esteem and then joined together to pray the Small Compline in the church Thanks to one of our parish-ioners we watched a movie on a 12-foot screen and then played basket-ball late into the night We hope to come together for our next GOYA event on Western Good Friday March 25th when there is no school

HOPE AND JOY In January we had a wonderful ldquoDive for the Crossrdquo event with the children at LPAC across the street from our church Over 20 children and their parents joined us for a pleasant afternoon of fellowship and prayer to mark at the pool to mark the Theophany season Afterwards we returned to the church for lunch and cut into our Youth Group Vasilopita February 20th we met as a group again and the children learned about the story of the Publican and the Pharisee This week we learned how to talk to God These stories mark the beginning of the Triodion season which

prepares us for Great Lent It is important to familiarize our children with these stories so that this important liturgical season becomes a part of their daily lives as they grow older

By Andie Kyros It had been over ten years since St George was able to form a youth

basketball team to participate in the Greek Orthodox Athletic League but this season fortunately broke that streak Combined with the kids from our neighboring parish St Andrew we were able to field two teams for this yearrsquos tournament a Biddy Team consisting of 2nd-6th graders and a Grade School Team of 7th and 8th grade players

The players developed and improved their basketball skills and played competitively and aggressively all while practicing great sportsmanship and enjoying the fellowship that comes along with the game Both teams advanced to the playoffs with the Biddy Team securing their first round win Unfortu-nately the season came to an end this past Sunday as they lost in the second round Many tears were shed for they just did not want the season to come to a close

The coaches and players of both parishes enjoyed themselves greatly and have formed close relation-ships that will lead us to continue to c o l l a b o r a t e together in future athletic events Hopes are high that looking ahead into the next ten years of athletics St George will most definite-ly be in at-tendance

Athletics

GOYA Lock-in February 2016

Message from our Schools

Peggy Kontos Director of St George Preschool Spring Greetings

The Lenten season is upon us and at St George Preschool the teach-ers discuss the concepts with the children on a basic level since Easter is the most important feast of the Greek Orthodox religion Our Pre-schoolers learn about their religion language and culture starting at an early age

As we begin Great Lent on March 14thndashΚαθαρα Δευτε ρα our students and teachers will enjoy an age-old traditional Greek snack of

λαγα να χαλβα αγκουρα κια ντοματου λες and ελι τσες After-wards we will continue with a ldquokite flyingrdquoevent outside where all our

students will have the opportunity to fly a kite In addition Κυρα Σαρακοστή (a paper doll - symbolizing a nun) is introduced to the

children with the idea of fasting and bringing us closer to God Κυρα Σαρακοστή has seven legs representing seven weeks of Great Lent and each week a leg is cut off showing how many weeks until Easter her hands are crossed because she is praying and her mouth is closed be-cause she is fasting leading the young and adults throughout the weeks of Lent into Easter

Basic drawings are also introduced to our students including Christ on the Cross and Christ flowing through the clouds into the Heavens which they may see in church Different crafts reinforce the lessons For example coloring red eggs teach children that the red dye symbolizes

Jesusrsquos blood on the cross when ldquothe bad people put Χριστου λή on the cross and after 3 days he went to Heavenrdquo The children because they are young do not begin going to confession until a later age However Father Chrysanthos meets with our students on a weekly basis and talks

to the children about Χριστου λή Great Lent Πα σχα the rituals of

our Church the Επιτα φιο the flowers the Crusifix and different hymns In addition throughout the weeks of Lent our students are

taught the different food we eat at Easter laquoαρνα κι πατατου λες μαγειρι τσα τσουρε κι κουλουρα κια τσου γκρισμα με τα κο κκινα αυγα Prior to Ανα στασή the children understand that

they will receive their ldquoλαμπα δεςrsquorsquo from their Godparents and they

learn holiday greetings such as ldquoΧριστο ς Ανε στή-Αλήθώ ς Ανε στήrdquo Children need to participate in these preparations at an early age so they are part of our Greek customs and celebrations and learn from them Children learn a lot at an early age and this is the secret in preserving our roots language religion and cultural rituals

Our students are also preparing for their Greek Independence day celebration held on March 24th and are looking forward to the Greek Parade on April 17th They will be on our float dressed in their tradi-

tional costumes waiving their συμαι ας proudly ABOUT OUR SCHOOL

Our program encourages children to be actively involved in the learn-ing process and to experience a variety of activities appro-priate for their age and stage of devel-opment in the con-text of a Greek Orthodox environ-ment At St George Preschool We Believe bull Continuous learning should be the focus of the school bull In fostering joy and excitement for learning

Silly Week at our Preschool

bull That successful learning experiences require careful development and implementation of curriculum assessment and instruction bull That together ndash teachers students administrators staff parents and community ndash we can and do make a difference

Our classes feature Individual and group activities to develop social lan-guage and cognitive skills Field trips and Special Guests Circle time crea-tive time games crafts music and PE Developmentally appropriate activi-ties following monthly themes An enclosed indoor gymnasium In our school children learn through play planned by adults important language skills in Greek and in English social skills motor coordination and self-confidence Our teachers who are warm nurturing and experienced can assure for your child a positive transition to and beyond We encourage you to contact saintgeorgepreschoolgmailcom to set up a tour of our school and to meet our teachers You are also welcomed to call with any questions you may have about our program We are happy to have you as part of our St George Family Both full and half day programs are available as well as after school enrichment programs No prior Greek knowledge is required Applications are now being accepted for the 2016-2017 school year

Saturday School The Saturday Greek School continues to flourish The fluency and ease with which the students communicate in the Greek language is truly amazing The fluency was witnessed at the Hellenic Letters Program on January 24 2016 when the students put on a performance in Greek We are so proud of all of the students and so appreciative of the hard work of Dr Eva Patrikakou the dedication of the parents in their support of the Saturday Greek School and of the Ladies Education Edu-cational Society for all of its support

Greek Independence Day Celebrations from our School

Our Preschool program will be on

March 24th during class time

Our Saturday School program will be

Saturday March 19th at 400 PM

All students are invited to march with St George at the

annual Hellenic Parade April 17th at Greektown

ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΛΑΣ

ΖΗΤΩ Η 25η ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ

Panagiota Fassos and Bess Smyrniotis Directors

Preparing for the Great Celebration of Pascha

Very soon we will be entering the period of Great Lent It is the ecclesiastical time of year that we prepare ourselves and families for the Resurrection of our Lord ndash Pascha

Unlike Christmas there are no store decorations TV specials gift wrapping and holiday parties that our children see us and the lsquooutside worldrsquo prepare for that gives them any indication that we are entering and observing this period before Pascha The task falls upon us to explain and illustrate through our ac-tions the observance of Great Lent But how do we do it Be-low are a few suggestions and as one writer writes practical suggestions

There are a number of special church services that occur during Lent (the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts Saluta-tions to the Theotokos) Choose one and attend with your family

Talk about Lent ndash what is fasting why do we fast What is the Sunday of Orthodoxy and why are we asked to bring our icons to church that Sunday

Choose a task during Lent and Holy Week for the children to help such as making palms for Palm Sunday decorating the Epitaphio and dyeing eggs for Easter services

Choose a book about a saint to read before going to bed or a Bible story

In todayrsquos world everybody is very busy with both the adult schedule and the childrenrsquos activity schedule For the period of Great Lent let us try to lsquounplugrsquo from our tech world and lsquoplugrsquo into Godrsquos wonderful world around us

May Saint George guide and give us strength as we begin the journey through Great Lent

Information regarding registration for the 2016 Good Friday Retreat will be announced in mid-April

Winter FanarimdashRegistration is open for Winter Fanari Session will be the weekend of March 11-12th Fee of $155 per camper is due by March 5th Registration packets can be found at Chicagogoarchorg Any questions contact Dn Chris Avramopolous at (312) 337- 4130 or gochicagoyouthaolcom

GOYA March 25thmdashGOYA will go BOWLING With no school on March 25th we will use this opportunity to worship together and celebrate the feast of the Holy Annun-ciation We will then go as a group to Waveland Bowl for a fun afternoon of fellowship

Ionian VillagemdashRegistration for Ionian Village opens on March 1st Ionian Village is a unique summer camping pro-gram for Greek Orthodox teens located in Greece and op-erated by the Greek Or-thodox Archdiocese of America Participants trav-el across Greece venerate the relics of saints walk in the footsteps of the Apos-tles and visit significant sites of Greek history and culture Last year registra-tion SOLD OUT in 5 days Registration can be found at ionianvillageorg

Get Involved

Sunday School

SAINT GEORGE PARISH COUNCIL ANNUAL PALM SUNDAY LUNCHEON

BAKALAOS AND SKORDALIA APRIL 24 2016

This is the hottest ticket in town Please make your reservations early

Adults $25 - Children under 10 years old $20 (fish sticks)

All festival raffle tickets purchased before this date

will have a chance to win at our early bird raffle

RSVP church office 7735251793 or officestgeorgechicagonet

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

ldquo From Rock Star Atheist to Orthodox Missionaryrdquo

Fr Themi from Sierra Leone will at

St George on Sunday March 13th

He will offer a special video presentation after Liturgy He will also be with us for Forgiveness Vespers which will be followed with an open discussion

YOUTH PROGRAMS Welcoming children 40 days old through High School

By Anthony Ruggerio Pastoral Assistant Our youth programs continue to grow as our parish grows In December we had a youth wide event at Feed My Starving Children We had partici-pants from our Hope and Joy programs all the way through our young adult programs Accompanied by some of our parents we had an amazing time pack-ing food that was shipped to children in need in Haiti Our session at Feed My Starving Children packaged over 20000 meals that were delivered to the children in Haiti We also offered a $200 donation on behalf of St George to help with this incredible ministry to less fortunate children around the world We are hoping to schedule another event at Feed My Starving Children during the Lenten season

LITTLE ANGELS Bess Smyrniotis Director

Our Little Angels ministry continues to thrive and grow Children from 40 days to 4 years of age come to our program in the care of parents grandparents or nannies We also welcome the St George day preschool to our lesson each Tuesday as we expand our knowledge of Greek taught by k Eva learn about our faith from Father Chrysanthos or Anthony and enjoy fellowship of all while learning our numbers and colors in Greek singing songs doing finger plays snacking and running and playing in the wide open spaces of the gym Today we had twenty-four in our group and each week enjoy welcoming new friends to our circle

GOYA In December we had spent a great afternoon with some of our GOYAns in Down Town Chicago The afternoon started at the Brown Line when we hopped on the Christmas train carrying Santa around the Loop We met up with Fr Chris and our youth advisors at the Kristkin-dle Market and walked around the city to take in the festive decorations from Millennium Park to the Walnut Room In January we spent Mar-tin Luther King Day at a joint event with Ss Peter and Paul GOYA and St Haralambos GOYA We all met at Sky High Sports in Niles for a fun afternoon of fellowship and trampolines It is important to remember aside from the competition that our youth programs offer that we are still one in the eyes of Christ We are hoping to do further joint events with our neighboring GOYAs In February we had an amazing Lock-in at St George with 17 of our GOYAns staying the night in our church We began the night with an intense match of Nerf Capture the Flag We held a discussion on cyber bullying and self esteem and then joined together to pray the Small Compline in the church Thanks to one of our parish-ioners we watched a movie on a 12-foot screen and then played basket-ball late into the night We hope to come together for our next GOYA event on Western Good Friday March 25th when there is no school

HOPE AND JOY In January we had a wonderful ldquoDive for the Crossrdquo event with the children at LPAC across the street from our church Over 20 children and their parents joined us for a pleasant afternoon of fellowship and prayer to mark at the pool to mark the Theophany season Afterwards we returned to the church for lunch and cut into our Youth Group Vasilopita February 20th we met as a group again and the children learned about the story of the Publican and the Pharisee This week we learned how to talk to God These stories mark the beginning of the Triodion season which

prepares us for Great Lent It is important to familiarize our children with these stories so that this important liturgical season becomes a part of their daily lives as they grow older

By Andie Kyros It had been over ten years since St George was able to form a youth

basketball team to participate in the Greek Orthodox Athletic League but this season fortunately broke that streak Combined with the kids from our neighboring parish St Andrew we were able to field two teams for this yearrsquos tournament a Biddy Team consisting of 2nd-6th graders and a Grade School Team of 7th and 8th grade players

The players developed and improved their basketball skills and played competitively and aggressively all while practicing great sportsmanship and enjoying the fellowship that comes along with the game Both teams advanced to the playoffs with the Biddy Team securing their first round win Unfortu-nately the season came to an end this past Sunday as they lost in the second round Many tears were shed for they just did not want the season to come to a close

The coaches and players of both parishes enjoyed themselves greatly and have formed close relation-ships that will lead us to continue to c o l l a b o r a t e together in future athletic events Hopes are high that looking ahead into the next ten years of athletics St George will most definite-ly be in at-tendance

Athletics

GOYA Lock-in February 2016

Message from our Schools

Peggy Kontos Director of St George Preschool Spring Greetings

The Lenten season is upon us and at St George Preschool the teach-ers discuss the concepts with the children on a basic level since Easter is the most important feast of the Greek Orthodox religion Our Pre-schoolers learn about their religion language and culture starting at an early age

As we begin Great Lent on March 14thndashΚαθαρα Δευτε ρα our students and teachers will enjoy an age-old traditional Greek snack of

λαγα να χαλβα αγκουρα κια ντοματου λες and ελι τσες After-wards we will continue with a ldquokite flyingrdquoevent outside where all our

students will have the opportunity to fly a kite In addition Κυρα Σαρακοστή (a paper doll - symbolizing a nun) is introduced to the

children with the idea of fasting and bringing us closer to God Κυρα Σαρακοστή has seven legs representing seven weeks of Great Lent and each week a leg is cut off showing how many weeks until Easter her hands are crossed because she is praying and her mouth is closed be-cause she is fasting leading the young and adults throughout the weeks of Lent into Easter

Basic drawings are also introduced to our students including Christ on the Cross and Christ flowing through the clouds into the Heavens which they may see in church Different crafts reinforce the lessons For example coloring red eggs teach children that the red dye symbolizes

Jesusrsquos blood on the cross when ldquothe bad people put Χριστου λή on the cross and after 3 days he went to Heavenrdquo The children because they are young do not begin going to confession until a later age However Father Chrysanthos meets with our students on a weekly basis and talks

to the children about Χριστου λή Great Lent Πα σχα the rituals of

our Church the Επιτα φιο the flowers the Crusifix and different hymns In addition throughout the weeks of Lent our students are

taught the different food we eat at Easter laquoαρνα κι πατατου λες μαγειρι τσα τσουρε κι κουλουρα κια τσου γκρισμα με τα κο κκινα αυγα Prior to Ανα στασή the children understand that

they will receive their ldquoλαμπα δεςrsquorsquo from their Godparents and they

learn holiday greetings such as ldquoΧριστο ς Ανε στή-Αλήθώ ς Ανε στήrdquo Children need to participate in these preparations at an early age so they are part of our Greek customs and celebrations and learn from them Children learn a lot at an early age and this is the secret in preserving our roots language religion and cultural rituals

Our students are also preparing for their Greek Independence day celebration held on March 24th and are looking forward to the Greek Parade on April 17th They will be on our float dressed in their tradi-

tional costumes waiving their συμαι ας proudly ABOUT OUR SCHOOL

Our program encourages children to be actively involved in the learn-ing process and to experience a variety of activities appro-priate for their age and stage of devel-opment in the con-text of a Greek Orthodox environ-ment At St George Preschool We Believe bull Continuous learning should be the focus of the school bull In fostering joy and excitement for learning

Silly Week at our Preschool

bull That successful learning experiences require careful development and implementation of curriculum assessment and instruction bull That together ndash teachers students administrators staff parents and community ndash we can and do make a difference

Our classes feature Individual and group activities to develop social lan-guage and cognitive skills Field trips and Special Guests Circle time crea-tive time games crafts music and PE Developmentally appropriate activi-ties following monthly themes An enclosed indoor gymnasium In our school children learn through play planned by adults important language skills in Greek and in English social skills motor coordination and self-confidence Our teachers who are warm nurturing and experienced can assure for your child a positive transition to and beyond We encourage you to contact saintgeorgepreschoolgmailcom to set up a tour of our school and to meet our teachers You are also welcomed to call with any questions you may have about our program We are happy to have you as part of our St George Family Both full and half day programs are available as well as after school enrichment programs No prior Greek knowledge is required Applications are now being accepted for the 2016-2017 school year

Saturday School The Saturday Greek School continues to flourish The fluency and ease with which the students communicate in the Greek language is truly amazing The fluency was witnessed at the Hellenic Letters Program on January 24 2016 when the students put on a performance in Greek We are so proud of all of the students and so appreciative of the hard work of Dr Eva Patrikakou the dedication of the parents in their support of the Saturday Greek School and of the Ladies Education Edu-cational Society for all of its support

Greek Independence Day Celebrations from our School

Our Preschool program will be on

March 24th during class time

Our Saturday School program will be

Saturday March 19th at 400 PM

All students are invited to march with St George at the

annual Hellenic Parade April 17th at Greektown

ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΛΑΣ

ΖΗΤΩ Η 25η ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ

YOUTH PROGRAMS Welcoming children 40 days old through High School

By Anthony Ruggerio Pastoral Assistant Our youth programs continue to grow as our parish grows In December we had a youth wide event at Feed My Starving Children We had partici-pants from our Hope and Joy programs all the way through our young adult programs Accompanied by some of our parents we had an amazing time pack-ing food that was shipped to children in need in Haiti Our session at Feed My Starving Children packaged over 20000 meals that were delivered to the children in Haiti We also offered a $200 donation on behalf of St George to help with this incredible ministry to less fortunate children around the world We are hoping to schedule another event at Feed My Starving Children during the Lenten season

LITTLE ANGELS Bess Smyrniotis Director

Our Little Angels ministry continues to thrive and grow Children from 40 days to 4 years of age come to our program in the care of parents grandparents or nannies We also welcome the St George day preschool to our lesson each Tuesday as we expand our knowledge of Greek taught by k Eva learn about our faith from Father Chrysanthos or Anthony and enjoy fellowship of all while learning our numbers and colors in Greek singing songs doing finger plays snacking and running and playing in the wide open spaces of the gym Today we had twenty-four in our group and each week enjoy welcoming new friends to our circle

GOYA In December we had spent a great afternoon with some of our GOYAns in Down Town Chicago The afternoon started at the Brown Line when we hopped on the Christmas train carrying Santa around the Loop We met up with Fr Chris and our youth advisors at the Kristkin-dle Market and walked around the city to take in the festive decorations from Millennium Park to the Walnut Room In January we spent Mar-tin Luther King Day at a joint event with Ss Peter and Paul GOYA and St Haralambos GOYA We all met at Sky High Sports in Niles for a fun afternoon of fellowship and trampolines It is important to remember aside from the competition that our youth programs offer that we are still one in the eyes of Christ We are hoping to do further joint events with our neighboring GOYAs In February we had an amazing Lock-in at St George with 17 of our GOYAns staying the night in our church We began the night with an intense match of Nerf Capture the Flag We held a discussion on cyber bullying and self esteem and then joined together to pray the Small Compline in the church Thanks to one of our parish-ioners we watched a movie on a 12-foot screen and then played basket-ball late into the night We hope to come together for our next GOYA event on Western Good Friday March 25th when there is no school

HOPE AND JOY In January we had a wonderful ldquoDive for the Crossrdquo event with the children at LPAC across the street from our church Over 20 children and their parents joined us for a pleasant afternoon of fellowship and prayer to mark at the pool to mark the Theophany season Afterwards we returned to the church for lunch and cut into our Youth Group Vasilopita February 20th we met as a group again and the children learned about the story of the Publican and the Pharisee This week we learned how to talk to God These stories mark the beginning of the Triodion season which

prepares us for Great Lent It is important to familiarize our children with these stories so that this important liturgical season becomes a part of their daily lives as they grow older

By Andie Kyros It had been over ten years since St George was able to form a youth

basketball team to participate in the Greek Orthodox Athletic League but this season fortunately broke that streak Combined with the kids from our neighboring parish St Andrew we were able to field two teams for this yearrsquos tournament a Biddy Team consisting of 2nd-6th graders and a Grade School Team of 7th and 8th grade players

The players developed and improved their basketball skills and played competitively and aggressively all while practicing great sportsmanship and enjoying the fellowship that comes along with the game Both teams advanced to the playoffs with the Biddy Team securing their first round win Unfortu-nately the season came to an end this past Sunday as they lost in the second round Many tears were shed for they just did not want the season to come to a close

The coaches and players of both parishes enjoyed themselves greatly and have formed close relation-ships that will lead us to continue to c o l l a b o r a t e together in future athletic events Hopes are high that looking ahead into the next ten years of athletics St George will most definite-ly be in at-tendance

Athletics

GOYA Lock-in February 2016

Message from our Schools

Peggy Kontos Director of St George Preschool Spring Greetings

The Lenten season is upon us and at St George Preschool the teach-ers discuss the concepts with the children on a basic level since Easter is the most important feast of the Greek Orthodox religion Our Pre-schoolers learn about their religion language and culture starting at an early age

As we begin Great Lent on March 14thndashΚαθαρα Δευτε ρα our students and teachers will enjoy an age-old traditional Greek snack of

λαγα να χαλβα αγκουρα κια ντοματου λες and ελι τσες After-wards we will continue with a ldquokite flyingrdquoevent outside where all our

students will have the opportunity to fly a kite In addition Κυρα Σαρακοστή (a paper doll - symbolizing a nun) is introduced to the

children with the idea of fasting and bringing us closer to God Κυρα Σαρακοστή has seven legs representing seven weeks of Great Lent and each week a leg is cut off showing how many weeks until Easter her hands are crossed because she is praying and her mouth is closed be-cause she is fasting leading the young and adults throughout the weeks of Lent into Easter

Basic drawings are also introduced to our students including Christ on the Cross and Christ flowing through the clouds into the Heavens which they may see in church Different crafts reinforce the lessons For example coloring red eggs teach children that the red dye symbolizes

Jesusrsquos blood on the cross when ldquothe bad people put Χριστου λή on the cross and after 3 days he went to Heavenrdquo The children because they are young do not begin going to confession until a later age However Father Chrysanthos meets with our students on a weekly basis and talks

to the children about Χριστου λή Great Lent Πα σχα the rituals of

our Church the Επιτα φιο the flowers the Crusifix and different hymns In addition throughout the weeks of Lent our students are

taught the different food we eat at Easter laquoαρνα κι πατατου λες μαγειρι τσα τσουρε κι κουλουρα κια τσου γκρισμα με τα κο κκινα αυγα Prior to Ανα στασή the children understand that

they will receive their ldquoλαμπα δεςrsquorsquo from their Godparents and they

learn holiday greetings such as ldquoΧριστο ς Ανε στή-Αλήθώ ς Ανε στήrdquo Children need to participate in these preparations at an early age so they are part of our Greek customs and celebrations and learn from them Children learn a lot at an early age and this is the secret in preserving our roots language religion and cultural rituals

Our students are also preparing for their Greek Independence day celebration held on March 24th and are looking forward to the Greek Parade on April 17th They will be on our float dressed in their tradi-

tional costumes waiving their συμαι ας proudly ABOUT OUR SCHOOL

Our program encourages children to be actively involved in the learn-ing process and to experience a variety of activities appro-priate for their age and stage of devel-opment in the con-text of a Greek Orthodox environ-ment At St George Preschool We Believe bull Continuous learning should be the focus of the school bull In fostering joy and excitement for learning

Silly Week at our Preschool

bull That successful learning experiences require careful development and implementation of curriculum assessment and instruction bull That together ndash teachers students administrators staff parents and community ndash we can and do make a difference

Our classes feature Individual and group activities to develop social lan-guage and cognitive skills Field trips and Special Guests Circle time crea-tive time games crafts music and PE Developmentally appropriate activi-ties following monthly themes An enclosed indoor gymnasium In our school children learn through play planned by adults important language skills in Greek and in English social skills motor coordination and self-confidence Our teachers who are warm nurturing and experienced can assure for your child a positive transition to and beyond We encourage you to contact saintgeorgepreschoolgmailcom to set up a tour of our school and to meet our teachers You are also welcomed to call with any questions you may have about our program We are happy to have you as part of our St George Family Both full and half day programs are available as well as after school enrichment programs No prior Greek knowledge is required Applications are now being accepted for the 2016-2017 school year

Saturday School The Saturday Greek School continues to flourish The fluency and ease with which the students communicate in the Greek language is truly amazing The fluency was witnessed at the Hellenic Letters Program on January 24 2016 when the students put on a performance in Greek We are so proud of all of the students and so appreciative of the hard work of Dr Eva Patrikakou the dedication of the parents in their support of the Saturday Greek School and of the Ladies Education Edu-cational Society for all of its support

Greek Independence Day Celebrations from our School

Our Preschool program will be on

March 24th during class time

Our Saturday School program will be

Saturday March 19th at 400 PM

All students are invited to march with St George at the

annual Hellenic Parade April 17th at Greektown

ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΛΑΣ

ΖΗΤΩ Η 25η ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ

Message from our Schools

Peggy Kontos Director of St George Preschool Spring Greetings

The Lenten season is upon us and at St George Preschool the teach-ers discuss the concepts with the children on a basic level since Easter is the most important feast of the Greek Orthodox religion Our Pre-schoolers learn about their religion language and culture starting at an early age

As we begin Great Lent on March 14thndashΚαθαρα Δευτε ρα our students and teachers will enjoy an age-old traditional Greek snack of

λαγα να χαλβα αγκουρα κια ντοματου λες and ελι τσες After-wards we will continue with a ldquokite flyingrdquoevent outside where all our

students will have the opportunity to fly a kite In addition Κυρα Σαρακοστή (a paper doll - symbolizing a nun) is introduced to the

children with the idea of fasting and bringing us closer to God Κυρα Σαρακοστή has seven legs representing seven weeks of Great Lent and each week a leg is cut off showing how many weeks until Easter her hands are crossed because she is praying and her mouth is closed be-cause she is fasting leading the young and adults throughout the weeks of Lent into Easter

Basic drawings are also introduced to our students including Christ on the Cross and Christ flowing through the clouds into the Heavens which they may see in church Different crafts reinforce the lessons For example coloring red eggs teach children that the red dye symbolizes

Jesusrsquos blood on the cross when ldquothe bad people put Χριστου λή on the cross and after 3 days he went to Heavenrdquo The children because they are young do not begin going to confession until a later age However Father Chrysanthos meets with our students on a weekly basis and talks

to the children about Χριστου λή Great Lent Πα σχα the rituals of

our Church the Επιτα φιο the flowers the Crusifix and different hymns In addition throughout the weeks of Lent our students are

taught the different food we eat at Easter laquoαρνα κι πατατου λες μαγειρι τσα τσουρε κι κουλουρα κια τσου γκρισμα με τα κο κκινα αυγα Prior to Ανα στασή the children understand that

they will receive their ldquoλαμπα δεςrsquorsquo from their Godparents and they

learn holiday greetings such as ldquoΧριστο ς Ανε στή-Αλήθώ ς Ανε στήrdquo Children need to participate in these preparations at an early age so they are part of our Greek customs and celebrations and learn from them Children learn a lot at an early age and this is the secret in preserving our roots language religion and cultural rituals

Our students are also preparing for their Greek Independence day celebration held on March 24th and are looking forward to the Greek Parade on April 17th They will be on our float dressed in their tradi-

tional costumes waiving their συμαι ας proudly ABOUT OUR SCHOOL

Our program encourages children to be actively involved in the learn-ing process and to experience a variety of activities appro-priate for their age and stage of devel-opment in the con-text of a Greek Orthodox environ-ment At St George Preschool We Believe bull Continuous learning should be the focus of the school bull In fostering joy and excitement for learning

Silly Week at our Preschool

bull That successful learning experiences require careful development and implementation of curriculum assessment and instruction bull That together ndash teachers students administrators staff parents and community ndash we can and do make a difference

Our classes feature Individual and group activities to develop social lan-guage and cognitive skills Field trips and Special Guests Circle time crea-tive time games crafts music and PE Developmentally appropriate activi-ties following monthly themes An enclosed indoor gymnasium In our school children learn through play planned by adults important language skills in Greek and in English social skills motor coordination and self-confidence Our teachers who are warm nurturing and experienced can assure for your child a positive transition to and beyond We encourage you to contact saintgeorgepreschoolgmailcom to set up a tour of our school and to meet our teachers You are also welcomed to call with any questions you may have about our program We are happy to have you as part of our St George Family Both full and half day programs are available as well as after school enrichment programs No prior Greek knowledge is required Applications are now being accepted for the 2016-2017 school year

Saturday School The Saturday Greek School continues to flourish The fluency and ease with which the students communicate in the Greek language is truly amazing The fluency was witnessed at the Hellenic Letters Program on January 24 2016 when the students put on a performance in Greek We are so proud of all of the students and so appreciative of the hard work of Dr Eva Patrikakou the dedication of the parents in their support of the Saturday Greek School and of the Ladies Education Edu-cational Society for all of its support

Greek Independence Day Celebrations from our School

Our Preschool program will be on

March 24th during class time

Our Saturday School program will be

Saturday March 19th at 400 PM

All students are invited to march with St George at the

annual Hellenic Parade April 17th at Greektown

ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΛΑΣ

ΖΗΤΩ Η 25η ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ

Philoptochos will be selling their beautiful Lambathes again this

year Look for them after Services during March and

April

LAMBATHES SALE

Ladies Educational Society Contributing to the Education of Greek Americans for Over 90 Years Mary Diamantakos President In 1928 when the founders of St George wanted to preserve the Greek language religion and culture they started a Greek School Program The Ladies Educational Society was formed in 1928 in order to support that Greek School Program A Greek School Program has been on-going at St George throughout that entire timemdashmostly as an afterschool or Saturday school In the Fall 2015 a new chapter was added to the Greek School Program with the creation of the Preschool Program It is now the only day Greek Preschool within the Chicago city limits For over 90 years the Greek School Program and the Ladies Educational Society have worked hand-in-hand to promote the Greek language religion and culture In the beginning Ladies Ed provided books paper and pencils to the children who were mostly new immigrants with very limited re-sources Today Ladies Ed supports all of the Educational programs at St George including the Saturday Greek School Sunday School Little Angels and the newly formed Preschool by providing school supplies and updating classrooms and offering scholarships

Ladies Ed sponsors an Annual Shrimp Luncheon Greek Independence Day program Holy Friday Retreat Saturday of Lazarus Breakfast Hellenic Letters Luncheon Parish Christmas Card and many other activities including for a second consecutive year the APOKRIATIKO DINNER DANCE with proceeds earmarked for the newly- formed Preschool The APOKRIATIKO DINNER DANCE was held on February 26 2016 and once again the Community Center was magically transformed The dancing food and enthusiasm made it an unforgettable night and a huge success What a wonderful heritage we have here at St George and what a wonderful group of Ladies (there

are currently 99 Ladies Ed members) who give of their time and talents to ensure that the Education Programs at St George continue for another 90+ years

Put on your walking shoes and walk with us from St George to St Andrew We will meet at St George for

Registration at 830 AM Our walk will start at 900 AM

The Ladies of St Andrewrsquos Philoptochos will host us for coffee

Participation fee $2500 Sponsorship forms are available

Philoptochos Society Theodora Diolitsis Chapter President The Philoptochos Society together with our entire parish is entering into their busiest season Great Lent Holy Week and Pascha and St Georgersquos Day Celebration Herersquos a few of the activities that will keep up busy until June Spaghetti Luncheon March 6th ndash A must attend event Lenten Meals Every Wednesday during Great Lent following the Service of the Presanctified Litur-gy our parish invites everyone attending the service to share in a Lenten meal This is lovingly prepared in rotation by Philoptochos Ladies Educational Society and Parish Council All are welcome Saturday of Lazarus We gather in the down-stairs hall to make Palm Crosses that will be distrib-uted to everyone on Palm Sunday Holy Friday The entire parish is invited to spend the day at church decorating the Epitaphio ST GEORGE DAY CELEBRATION Our Saint George Day Celebration will be on Monday May 2nd The Ladies of Philoptochos and Ladies Educational Society will host everyone to a delicious luncheon following the Hierarchal Liturgy We are doing something different this year Usually when we celebrate St Georgersquos Day immediately after Pascha Vespers are held Sunday evening This year Agapi Service and Vespers of St George Day will be observed together on Pascha Sunday at 1130 AM Please make note of this change Motherrsquos Day ndash We serve our delicious Loukoumades FESTIVAL ldquoAll hands on deckrdquo for our now world-renowned Festival Letrsquos not forget the main reason for Philoptochos and that is we are here to provide assistance to the needy Just as we rely on you to help us raise funds we also rely on you to let us know of anyone who needs help We have a philanthropy committee that handles all requests for donations anonymously Our chapter president Theodora Diolitsis is available almost all Sundays and as always Fr Chrysanthos is here to accept requests and suggestions for donations

Καλή Σαρακοστή

message from the Ladies

Get to know our St George Family

Two Years At St George

Fr Chris amp Presvytera Viki

It was just two years ago on February 2 2014 that Fr Chrysanthos Kerkeres gave his first sermon following his first Di-vine Liturgy at St George Since that beginning with the St George community Father has demon-strated that he is a whirlwind of Greek Orthodox activity GOYA the day school Hope amp Joy and a youth basketball program have begun again The number of Stew-ards has dramatically increased Restoration of icons has begun As many of us have witnessed he has performed an astounding number of baptisms and weddings and has comforted the sick and the families of those who have fallen asleep

And on a few occasions Father and Presvytera Viki have the opportunity to catch their breath We caught them at one of those moments to discuss their backgrounds and experience at St George

Father was baptized at and attend-ed Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Justice Although he learned conversa-tional Greek at home he did not read or write Greek He was unable to attend Greek school due to his parentsrsquo ndash Dimi-tri and Eleni ndash schedules so he tried to teach himself in his teens ldquoThe best thing though was reading a Greek newspaper to my mom over the phone while I was in school at Boston Thatrsquos how I really learned to read modern Greekrdquo

After completing the Master of Divinity program at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology the final year of which he stud-ied at the University of Athens the Di-rect Archdiocesan District offered him the position of youth director During the ten days he had to consider that offer

he received an offer to be youth director at Holy Taxiarhai and Saint Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church in Niles He accepted that latter position Father then was ordained a Deacon on January 13 2008 at Holy Cross and a Priest on March 23 2008 at St Haralambos

Presvytera Viki was baptized here at St George and attended St Andrews with her parents Nick and Linda Agori-anitis She received her BA from North-western University and her JD from the John Marshall Law School She is the Director of Talent and Development (human resources) at Raise Marketplace an online gift card marketplace

Father and Presvytera met in 2001 at a YAL conference in Chicago According to Father ldquoNeither of us really wanted to be there but there we were We started talking and that was thatrdquo

Have there been any challenges at St George ldquoThe amount I have to learnrdquo

Father replied ldquoI am after all a fairly young and inexperienced Parish Priest The number of de-cisions that have to be made with the Parish looking to you to make them or at least advise and pro-vide counsel on them It is pretty amazing You know that is going to be a big part of your mission but you donrsquot really know how big a part until you do itrdquo

Father continued ldquoBut what has surprised me most at St George are two things First the number of people not just a handful who are real workers and how easy it is to find volun-teers Second it is stunning how quickly the Parish accepted this young and inexperienced Priestrdquo Presvytera reiterated that point and remarked on how welcoming the Parish has been not only of her and Father but of their par-ents and other family members as well ldquoThe community has made us feel comfortable from our first

day in the Parishrdquo

The extent of the involvement of young people in Parish activities has also been a pleasant surprise ldquoThe young people are not just involved in ministries specially geared toward the youthrdquo Presvytera said ldquoThey are in-volved in the day-to-day administration of the Parish The commitment is re-markablerdquo

There may not be a lot of oppor-tunities to share leisure time because of their hectic schedules but Father and Presvytera have common interests when those times arise Cultural travel tops both of their lists followed by literature foreign films and music (especially opera for Father) Presvyt-era laughed ldquoThere is one other thing (pause) I do enjoy fashion and shopping Father Not so muchrdquo

SATURDAY OF LAZARUS April 23rd

Orthros amp Divine Liturgy 830 am

The children of our Sunday School Greek School and our community are invited to attend this service as a group and receive Holy Communion Our Ladies Educational Society lovingly sponsors a Lenten breakfast following the service

Following breakfast everyone stays and helps with making crosses from palms which are then distributed to the faithful on Palm Sunday Making the crosses always reminds me of Presbytera Rexinis The first step of the process

was always a review of the ldquoσχεδιοrdquo with her well-worn pattern regardless

of how many times one had done this before The children taking communion as a group the breakfast and the making of the crosses have been long stand-ing traditions at Saint George and the first step of a very busy season

Upstairs in the community Center the Parish Council will be setting tables and preparing for their annual Bakalao luncheon

PALM SUNDAY April 24th Orthros amp Divine Liturgy 830 AM

Service of the Nymphios700 PM

The Parish Council will host its annual Bakalao Luncheon following the ser-vice There will an early bird raffle and a winner from all the festival raffle tickets sold up to that date will be selected It is very helpful to the commit-tee if all of us give them our reservations now They have a big turnout for this event and they need to plan ahead

During Service an extra tray will be passed to collect money for the flowers used to decorate the Epitaphio This collection along with individual dona-tions cover the cost of all flowers used for Holy Week

HOLY MONDAY April 25th Service of the Nymphios 700 PM

HOLY TUESDAY April 26th Service of the Nymphios (Hymn of Kassiane) 700 PM

HOLY WEDNESDAY April 27th

The Sacrament of Holy Unction 300 PM

Orthros of the Last Supper Holy Unction Anointing 700 PM

HOLY THURSDAY April 28th

Divine Liturgy of the Mystical Last Supper 700 AM

The TWELVE GOSPEL READINGS of the Passion of Christ 630 PM

HOLY FRIDAY April 29th - Service of the ROYAL HOURS 900 AM

Service of the APOKATHILOSIS ndash Descent from the Cross 300 PM

Service of the LAMENTATIONEPITAPHIOS PROCESSION 700 PM

Everyone is encouraged to come to church this day to participate in a number of events Following the service of the Royal Hours our entire community takes part in decorating the Epitaphio The flowers will be ordered and deliv-ered to church the day before We need many hands to finish on time The church has to be ready and cleaned by the start of the Apokathilosis at 300 pm In the downstairs hall the ladies will be tying red eggs in tulle to be dis-tributed after the Anastasis and Agape Services This week we estimate that we need about 800 red eggs Please bring your dyed eggs Holy Thursday evening or Holy Friday morning

Our Lenten table is stocked with treats brought by participants and shared by all Sunday School children and all children from our community are invited to participate in our annual Holy Friday Retreat organized and sponsored by Sunday School and Ladies Educational Society

Immediately following the Apocathelosis Service will be setting tables for our Saint George Day Celebration

HOLY SATURDAY April 30th

Divine Liturgy of First Resurrection 830 AM

Orthros of the Resurrection 1100 PM

THE RESURRECTION LITURGY OF PASCHA Midnight

Orthros and Divine Liturgy of Pascha to follow 1230 AM

HOLY SUNDAY OF PASCHA Holy Sunday of Pascha Agape Service 1130 am together with Vespers of the Feast of St George the Great Mar-tyr Patron Saint of our Parish

Our Philoptochos together with the Ladies Educational Society will host coffee after the Agapi and Vespers service Theodora Diolitsis and Mary Diamantakos will chair the St George Day Celebration events

MONDAY MAY 2nd Feast Day of St George the Great Martyr and Tropaiophoros Patron Saint of our Parish

Hierarchical Divine Liturgy Orthros at 830 AM Liturgy at 1000 AM

Our Philoptochos together with the Ladies Educational Society will host a Luncheon to all attending the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy Theodora Dio-litsis and Mary Diamantakos will chair the St George Day Celebration Luncheon If you would like to help please contact one of them or call the church office

FRIDAY MAY 6TH - BRIGHT FRIDAY

Village Barbeque at 600 PM

Services for Holy Week and St Georgersquos Day

for the best Festival in Chicagoland

Lincoln Park Greek Fest

June 3rd 4th and 5th Delicious Food Live Music Fun

For info or to schedule your volunteer

hours please contact

lincolnparkgreekfestgmailcom

Or Mary Diamantakos 7739651901

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Classic Mustache Ioannis Dyovouniotis

From the Historical Album of the Greek War of Independence 1821 Melissa Publishing

Καθότανε το λιοντάρι στο δάσος και χάζευε Ξαφνικά περνάει το μυρμίγκι τρέχοντας Για που το βάλες έτσι βιαστικός ρωτά το λιοντάρι Δεν τα έμαθες Τράκαρε ο ελέφαντας με τον ιπποπόταμο Ε και εσύ τι τρέχεις Πάω να δώσω αίμα

Paul and son hanging out in the kitchen

Γλωσσοδέτες

Κουκια βραστα σκαστα σπαστα με τή βραστή σκαστή σπαστή κουτα λα

Εις υγει αν στον τραπεζογυροκαρεκλοκαθιζο μενον

Ρερήτο ρευκα το ρερήτορευμε νο ρώ Άσπρή πε τρα ξε ξασπρή κι απ τον ή λιο ξεξασπρο τερή

Get to know our St George Family

Two Years At St George

Fr Chris amp Presvytera Viki

It was just two years ago on February 2 2014 that Fr Chrysanthos Kerkeres gave his first sermon following his first Di-vine Liturgy at St George Since that beginning with the St George community Father has demon-strated that he is a whirlwind of Greek Orthodox activity GOYA the day school Hope amp Joy and a youth basketball program have begun again The number of Stew-ards has dramatically increased Restoration of icons has begun As many of us have witnessed he has performed an astounding number of baptisms and weddings and has comforted the sick and the families of those who have fallen asleep

And on a few occasions Father and Presvytera Viki have the opportunity to catch their breath We caught them at one of those moments to discuss their backgrounds and experience at St George

Father was baptized at and attend-ed Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Justice Although he learned conversa-tional Greek at home he did not read or write Greek He was unable to attend Greek school due to his parentsrsquo ndash Dimi-tri and Eleni ndash schedules so he tried to teach himself in his teens ldquoThe best thing though was reading a Greek newspaper to my mom over the phone while I was in school at Boston Thatrsquos how I really learned to read modern Greekrdquo

After completing the Master of Divinity program at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology the final year of which he stud-ied at the University of Athens the Di-rect Archdiocesan District offered him the position of youth director During the ten days he had to consider that offer

he received an offer to be youth director at Holy Taxiarhai and Saint Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church in Niles He accepted that latter position Father then was ordained a Deacon on January 13 2008 at Holy Cross and a Priest on March 23 2008 at St Haralambos

Presvytera Viki was baptized here at St George and attended St Andrews with her parents Nick and Linda Agori-anitis She received her BA from North-western University and her JD from the John Marshall Law School She is the Director of Talent and Development (human resources) at Raise Marketplace an online gift card marketplace

Father and Presvytera met in 2001 at a YAL conference in Chicago According to Father ldquoNeither of us really wanted to be there but there we were We started talking and that was thatrdquo

Have there been any challenges at St George ldquoThe amount I have to learnrdquo

Father replied ldquoI am after all a fairly young and inexperienced Parish Priest The number of de-cisions that have to be made with the Parish looking to you to make them or at least advise and pro-vide counsel on them It is pretty amazing You know that is going to be a big part of your mission but you donrsquot really know how big a part until you do itrdquo

Father continued ldquoBut what has surprised me most at St George are two things First the number of people not just a handful who are real workers and how easy it is to find volun-teers Second it is stunning how quickly the Parish accepted this young and inexperienced Priestrdquo Presvytera reiterated that point and remarked on how welcoming the Parish has been not only of her and Father but of their par-ents and other family members as well ldquoThe community has made us feel comfortable from our first

day in the Parishrdquo

The extent of the involvement of young people in Parish activities has also been a pleasant surprise ldquoThe young people are not just involved in ministries specially geared toward the youthrdquo Presvytera said ldquoThey are in-volved in the day-to-day administration of the Parish The commitment is re-markablerdquo

There may not be a lot of oppor-tunities to share leisure time because of their hectic schedules but Father and Presvytera have common interests when those times arise Cultural travel tops both of their lists followed by literature foreign films and music (especially opera for Father) Presvyt-era laughed ldquoThere is one other thing (pause) I do enjoy fashion and shopping Father Not so muchrdquo

SATURDAY OF LAZARUS April 23rd

Orthros amp Divine Liturgy 830 am

The children of our Sunday School Greek School and our community are invited to attend this service as a group and receive Holy Communion Our Ladies Educational Society lovingly sponsors a Lenten breakfast following the service

Following breakfast everyone stays and helps with making crosses from palms which are then distributed to the faithful on Palm Sunday Making the crosses always reminds me of Presbytera Rexinis The first step of the process

was always a review of the ldquoσχεδιοrdquo with her well-worn pattern regardless

of how many times one had done this before The children taking communion as a group the breakfast and the making of the crosses have been long stand-ing traditions at Saint George and the first step of a very busy season

Upstairs in the community Center the Parish Council will be setting tables and preparing for their annual Bakalao luncheon

PALM SUNDAY April 24th Orthros amp Divine Liturgy 830 AM

Service of the Nymphios700 PM

The Parish Council will host its annual Bakalao Luncheon following the ser-vice There will an early bird raffle and a winner from all the festival raffle tickets sold up to that date will be selected It is very helpful to the commit-tee if all of us give them our reservations now They have a big turnout for this event and they need to plan ahead

During Service an extra tray will be passed to collect money for the flowers used to decorate the Epitaphio This collection along with individual dona-tions cover the cost of all flowers used for Holy Week

HOLY MONDAY April 25th Service of the Nymphios 700 PM

HOLY TUESDAY April 26th Service of the Nymphios (Hymn of Kassiane) 700 PM

HOLY WEDNESDAY April 27th

The Sacrament of Holy Unction 300 PM

Orthros of the Last Supper Holy Unction Anointing 700 PM

HOLY THURSDAY April 28th

Divine Liturgy of the Mystical Last Supper 700 AM

The TWELVE GOSPEL READINGS of the Passion of Christ 630 PM

HOLY FRIDAY April 29th - Service of the ROYAL HOURS 900 AM

Service of the APOKATHILOSIS ndash Descent from the Cross 300 PM

Service of the LAMENTATIONEPITAPHIOS PROCESSION 700 PM

Everyone is encouraged to come to church this day to participate in a number of events Following the service of the Royal Hours our entire community takes part in decorating the Epitaphio The flowers will be ordered and deliv-ered to church the day before We need many hands to finish on time The church has to be ready and cleaned by the start of the Apokathilosis at 300 pm In the downstairs hall the ladies will be tying red eggs in tulle to be dis-tributed after the Anastasis and Agape Services This week we estimate that we need about 800 red eggs Please bring your dyed eggs Holy Thursday evening or Holy Friday morning

Our Lenten table is stocked with treats brought by participants and shared by all Sunday School children and all children from our community are invited to participate in our annual Holy Friday Retreat organized and sponsored by Sunday School and Ladies Educational Society

Immediately following the Apocathelosis Service will be setting tables for our Saint George Day Celebration

HOLY SATURDAY April 30th

Divine Liturgy of First Resurrection 830 AM

Orthros of the Resurrection 1100 PM

THE RESURRECTION LITURGY OF PASCHA Midnight

Orthros and Divine Liturgy of Pascha to follow 1230 AM

HOLY SUNDAY OF PASCHA Holy Sunday of Pascha Agape Service 1130 am together with Vespers of the Feast of St George the Great Mar-tyr Patron Saint of our Parish

Our Philoptochos together with the Ladies Educational Society will host coffee after the Agapi and Vespers service Theodora Diolitsis and Mary Diamantakos will chair the St George Day Celebration events

MONDAY MAY 2nd Feast Day of St George the Great Martyr and Tropaiophoros Patron Saint of our Parish

Hierarchical Divine Liturgy Orthros at 830 AM Liturgy at 1000 AM

Our Philoptochos together with the Ladies Educational Society will host a Luncheon to all attending the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy Theodora Dio-litsis and Mary Diamantakos will chair the St George Day Celebration Luncheon If you would like to help please contact one of them or call the church office

FRIDAY MAY 6TH - BRIGHT FRIDAY

Village Barbeque at 600 PM

Services for Holy Week and St Georgersquos Day

for the best Festival in Chicagoland

Lincoln Park Greek Fest

June 3rd 4th and 5th Delicious Food Live Music Fun

For info or to schedule your volunteer

hours please contact

lincolnparkgreekfestgmailcom

Or Mary Diamantakos 7739651901

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From the Historical Album of the Greek War of Independence 1821 Melissa Publishing

Καθότανε το λιοντάρι στο δάσος και χάζευε Ξαφνικά περνάει το μυρμίγκι τρέχοντας Για που το βάλες έτσι βιαστικός ρωτά το λιοντάρι Δεν τα έμαθες Τράκαρε ο ελέφαντας με τον ιπποπόταμο Ε και εσύ τι τρέχεις Πάω να δώσω αίμα

Paul and son hanging out in the kitchen

Γλωσσοδέτες

Κουκια βραστα σκαστα σπαστα με τή βραστή σκαστή σπαστή κουτα λα

Εις υγει αν στον τραπεζογυροκαρεκλοκαθιζο μενον

Ρερήτο ρευκα το ρερήτορευμε νο ρώ Άσπρή πε τρα ξε ξασπρή κι απ τον ή λιο ξεξασπρο τερή

SATURDAY OF LAZARUS April 23rd

Orthros amp Divine Liturgy 830 am

The children of our Sunday School Greek School and our community are invited to attend this service as a group and receive Holy Communion Our Ladies Educational Society lovingly sponsors a Lenten breakfast following the service

Following breakfast everyone stays and helps with making crosses from palms which are then distributed to the faithful on Palm Sunday Making the crosses always reminds me of Presbytera Rexinis The first step of the process

was always a review of the ldquoσχεδιοrdquo with her well-worn pattern regardless

of how many times one had done this before The children taking communion as a group the breakfast and the making of the crosses have been long stand-ing traditions at Saint George and the first step of a very busy season

Upstairs in the community Center the Parish Council will be setting tables and preparing for their annual Bakalao luncheon

PALM SUNDAY April 24th Orthros amp Divine Liturgy 830 AM

Service of the Nymphios700 PM

The Parish Council will host its annual Bakalao Luncheon following the ser-vice There will an early bird raffle and a winner from all the festival raffle tickets sold up to that date will be selected It is very helpful to the commit-tee if all of us give them our reservations now They have a big turnout for this event and they need to plan ahead

During Service an extra tray will be passed to collect money for the flowers used to decorate the Epitaphio This collection along with individual dona-tions cover the cost of all flowers used for Holy Week

HOLY MONDAY April 25th Service of the Nymphios 700 PM

HOLY TUESDAY April 26th Service of the Nymphios (Hymn of Kassiane) 700 PM

HOLY WEDNESDAY April 27th

The Sacrament of Holy Unction 300 PM

Orthros of the Last Supper Holy Unction Anointing 700 PM

HOLY THURSDAY April 28th

Divine Liturgy of the Mystical Last Supper 700 AM

The TWELVE GOSPEL READINGS of the Passion of Christ 630 PM

HOLY FRIDAY April 29th - Service of the ROYAL HOURS 900 AM

Service of the APOKATHILOSIS ndash Descent from the Cross 300 PM

Service of the LAMENTATIONEPITAPHIOS PROCESSION 700 PM

Everyone is encouraged to come to church this day to participate in a number of events Following the service of the Royal Hours our entire community takes part in decorating the Epitaphio The flowers will be ordered and deliv-ered to church the day before We need many hands to finish on time The church has to be ready and cleaned by the start of the Apokathilosis at 300 pm In the downstairs hall the ladies will be tying red eggs in tulle to be dis-tributed after the Anastasis and Agape Services This week we estimate that we need about 800 red eggs Please bring your dyed eggs Holy Thursday evening or Holy Friday morning

Our Lenten table is stocked with treats brought by participants and shared by all Sunday School children and all children from our community are invited to participate in our annual Holy Friday Retreat organized and sponsored by Sunday School and Ladies Educational Society

Immediately following the Apocathelosis Service will be setting tables for our Saint George Day Celebration

HOLY SATURDAY April 30th

Divine Liturgy of First Resurrection 830 AM

Orthros of the Resurrection 1100 PM

THE RESURRECTION LITURGY OF PASCHA Midnight

Orthros and Divine Liturgy of Pascha to follow 1230 AM

HOLY SUNDAY OF PASCHA Holy Sunday of Pascha Agape Service 1130 am together with Vespers of the Feast of St George the Great Mar-tyr Patron Saint of our Parish

Our Philoptochos together with the Ladies Educational Society will host coffee after the Agapi and Vespers service Theodora Diolitsis and Mary Diamantakos will chair the St George Day Celebration events

MONDAY MAY 2nd Feast Day of St George the Great Martyr and Tropaiophoros Patron Saint of our Parish

Hierarchical Divine Liturgy Orthros at 830 AM Liturgy at 1000 AM

Our Philoptochos together with the Ladies Educational Society will host a Luncheon to all attending the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy Theodora Dio-litsis and Mary Diamantakos will chair the St George Day Celebration Luncheon If you would like to help please contact one of them or call the church office

FRIDAY MAY 6TH - BRIGHT FRIDAY

Village Barbeque at 600 PM

Services for Holy Week and St Georgersquos Day

for the best Festival in Chicagoland

Lincoln Park Greek Fest

June 3rd 4th and 5th Delicious Food Live Music Fun

For info or to schedule your volunteer

hours please contact

lincolnparkgreekfestgmailcom

Or Mary Diamantakos 7739651901

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From the Historical Album of the Greek War of Independence 1821 Melissa Publishing

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Classic Mustache Ioannis Dyovouniotis

From the Historical Album of the Greek War of Independence 1821 Melissa Publishing

Καθότανε το λιοντάρι στο δάσος και χάζευε Ξαφνικά περνάει το μυρμίγκι τρέχοντας Για που το βάλες έτσι βιαστικός ρωτά το λιοντάρι Δεν τα έμαθες Τράκαρε ο ελέφαντας με τον ιπποπόταμο Ε και εσύ τι τρέχεις Πάω να δώσω αίμα

Paul and son hanging out in the kitchen

Γλωσσοδέτες

Κουκια βραστα σκαστα σπαστα με τή βραστή σκαστή σπαστή κουτα λα

Εις υγει αν στον τραπεζογυροκαρεκλοκαθιζο μενον

Ρερήτο ρευκα το ρερήτορευμε νο ρώ Άσπρή πε τρα ξε ξασπρή κι απ τον ή λιο ξεξασπρο τερή

Classic Mustache Ioannis Dyovouniotis

From the Historical Album of the Greek War of Independence 1821 Melissa Publishing

Καθότανε το λιοντάρι στο δάσος και χάζευε Ξαφνικά περνάει το μυρμίγκι τρέχοντας Για που το βάλες έτσι βιαστικός ρωτά το λιοντάρι Δεν τα έμαθες Τράκαρε ο ελέφαντας με τον ιπποπόταμο Ε και εσύ τι τρέχεις Πάω να δώσω αίμα

Paul and son hanging out in the kitchen

Γλωσσοδέτες

Κουκια βραστα σκαστα σπαστα με τή βραστή σκαστή σπαστή κουτα λα

Εις υγει αν στον τραπεζογυροκαρεκλοκαθιζο μενον

Ρερήτο ρευκα το ρερήτορευμε νο ρώ Άσπρή πε τρα ξε ξασπρή κι απ τον ή λιο ξεξασπρο τερή