WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Sunday, February 8th Sunday of the Prodigal Son, St. Theodore Stratelates

Orthros & Divine Liturgy - 8:00 a.m. Monday, February 9th

Great Vespers at St. Haralambos Church in Niles—7 p.m. Tuesday, February 10th

St. Haralambos the Holy Martyr Orthros & Divine Liturgy - 8:00 a.m.

Saturday, February 14th Saturday of Souls— Orthros & Divine Liturgy —8:00 a.m.

Great Vespers—6:00 p.m. Sunday, February 15th

Judgment Sunday (Meatfare) Orthros & Divine Liturgy - 8:00 a.m.

Tuesday, February 17th St. Theodore—Orthros & Divine Liturgy—8:00 a.m.

Saturday, February 21st Saturday of Souls— Orthros & Divine Liturgy —8:00 a.m.

Vespers—6:00 p.m. Sunday, February 22nd

Forgiveness Sunday (Cheesefare) Orthros & Divine Liturgy - 8:00 a.m.

Forgiveness Vespers— 6:00 p.m.

Saint Spyridon Hellenic Orthodox Church

12307 S. Ridgeland Avenue, Palos Heights, IL. 60463 Phone 708-385-2311 * Fax 708-385-0166

Website: www.Saint-Spyridon.org * E-mail: office@Saint-Spyridon.org

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Rev. Tilemahos Alikakos, Protopresbyter ~ Mr. James Korbakes, Parish Council President

STEWARDSHIP 2015 Orthodox Christian Stewardship is a way of life, which acknowledges accountability, rev-erence, and responsibility before God. A primary goal of Stewardship is to promote spiritual growth and strengthen faith. Becoming a Steward begins when we believe in God, to whom we give our love, loyalty and trust and act on those beliefs. As Stewards, we affirm that every aspect of our lives comes as a gift from Him. Stewardship calls on the faithful to cheerfully offer back to God a portion of the gifts with which they have been blessed. An Orthodox Christian Steward is an active participant in the life of the Church. The parish encourages all who accept the Orthodox Faith to become practicing Stewards. Each year the Steward is expected to carefully review his or her personal circumstances and make a com-

mitment of time, talent, and treasure to support the Parish and her Ministries, which in turn support the National Ministries of our Archdiocese, Metropolises, and institutions. We thank the 101 stewards who renewed their pledge for 2015. The new Stewardship cards and 2015 Calendars have been mailed to you. If you have not received one please stop by the church office. Stewardship cards are available for everyone who wishes to pledge their 2015 stewardship. The stewardship materials are also available on www.Saint-Spyridon.org. Please consider making your 2015 Stewardship pledge today or give a stewardship card to a friend or family member.

COMING EVENTS

Sunday, February 8th Sunday School *Sr. Choir

Archangels Academy Pancake Breakfast Philoptochos Meeting

Souperbowl of Caring Can Drive Monday, February 9th

Archangels—9a.m. * Greek School -4:30 pm Byzantine Music—5:00pm Tuesday, February 10th

Archangels—9a.m. * GOYA & Jr. GOYA-7pm Parish Council Meeting—7pm

Wednesday, February 11th Archangels—9:00 a.m. *Cherubs—10:30 a.m. Bible Study—10:30 a.m. * Iconography - 6 pm High School B-Ball—7 pm * Bible Study—7pm

Thursday, February 12th Archangels—9:00 a.m. Friday, February 13th

Greek School—4:30 p.m. Sunday, February 15th

Sunday School * Apokreatiko Luncheon Sunday, February 22nd

Spring General Assembly

ANNOUNCEMENTS WELCOME—If you are visiting with us today, we welcome you and hope that you will join us regularly for prayer and fellowship. Today the Archangels par-ents will be serving a pancake breakfast immediately following the Divine Lit-urgy. Donation will be adults-$10 and children under 12-$5 and all proceeds benefit our Archangels Academy. Go RED for Women— This Sunday, PTA & Philoptochos ask that you join us in wearing RED in celebration of 10 years of taking swift action against women's heart disease & stroke. Food Pantry—Please remember the Food Pantry all year long so that we never have to turn anyone away. The Food Pantry wish list and donation drop-off is located at the east exit of our community center. Αrchangels Academy Registration-St. Spyridon continues to bless our commu-nity with our Archangels Academy which is expanding its schedule next year to five days a week, 9:00 a.m.—12noon, Monday through Friday. Registration for next year is open and applications are available in the office and on our website. Please contact Ms. Jan at archangels@saint-spyridon.org or 385-2311 to set up a visit to our school. Our preschool accepts students who will be three years old by September 1st, 2015. Talent Show—The 3rd Annual Talent Show, hosted by the St. Spyridon P.T.A. will take place on Friday, February 20th, after Greek School. All of St. Spyri-don’s children may participate. Entry forms are available in the community cen-ter. Festival Meeting—Our annual summer festival will take place on July 11th & 12th. A festival planning meeting will take place at church on Tuesday, Febru-ary 17th, at 7:00 p.m. Everyone interested in helping with festival preparations is welcome. Celebration of Books—Holy Apostles is excited to announce our annual Cele-bration of Books from Sunday, March 8th through March 15th. This year we are honored to have Father Maximos as our keynote speaker on all three nights: Finding God in Scripture and Creation:The Theology of St. Maximos the Confes-sor. Sunday, March 8th: 6:30 PM Vespers; 8:00 PM Presentation, “The Search for Truth” Monday, March 9th: 6:30 PM Compline; 8:00 PM Presentation, “The Book of Nature” Tues. March 10th: 6:30PM Compline; 8:00 PM Presentation, “The World of Scripture” Mission Dinner—Please join the 18th Annual Mission Team Chicago Benefit Dinner with keynote speaker, Archbishop Makarios of Kenya, on Thursday, Feb-ruary 19, 2015, at 6:30 p.m, at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Des Plaines. $35 donation requested per person with proceeds to benefit OCMC and the missions in Kenya. Please respond by February 12th at (317) 709-0618 or MTCBenefit@yahoo.com.

2015-16 Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships Applications and instructions for three scholarships administered by the Depart-ment of Philanthropy of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America are avail-able for awards to be made for the 2015-2016 academic year. The George & Naouma (Gioule) Gioles Scholarship and the Katina John Malta Scholar-ship are for undergraduate studies, and thePaleologos Scholarship is awarded for graduate work of a non-theological nature. Each of these scholarships was established through generous gifts from dedicated Greek Orthodox Christians who wanted to provide financial assistance towards the education of young peo-ple from our Orthodox Christian community. Applications by visit-ing www.goarch.org (scholarships are listed in the ‘SPOTLIGHT’ section on the homepage). For more information, please emailscholarships@goarch.org or call 212-774-0283. The deadline for submitting an application for any of these schol-arships is April 27, 2015.

SAVE THE DATES! Sunday, February 8th - 12 noon Archangels Pancake Breakfast

Sunday, February 15th—12 noon Philoptochos Apokreatiko Luncheon

Tuesday, February 17th —7:00 p.m. Summer Festival Meeting

Friday, February 20th—6:30 p.m. “Greeks Got Talent” Show.

Saturday, February 21st Metropolis Presvytera Retreat

Sunday, February 22nd Spring General Assmebly

Monday, February 23rd—7 p.m. Philoptochos Koulouma Dinner

Sunday, March 8th St. Spyridon Oratorical Festival

Sunday, March 22nd Greek Independence Day

Program & Luncheon

Saturday, March 28th St. Spyridon PTA Lenten Retreat

Sunday, March 29th Greek Independence Day Parade

Saturday, April 4th Saturday of Lazarus Youth Breakfast

Sunday, April 5th Palm Sunday Luncheon

Saturday, April 18th Metropolis Oratotical Festival hosted by

St. Spyridon

Sunday, May 10th Mothers Day Luncheon

Thursday, May 21st Archangels Academy

10th Anniversary Graduation

Sunday, May 31st Sunday School Graduation

Monday, June 1st Christian Philoxenia Luncheon

hosted by St. Spyridon

June 1st –12th Archangels Academy Summer Camp

Friday, June 5th Greek School Graduation

July 11th-12th ANNUAL ST. SPYRIDON

SUMMER FESTIVAL

And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.' But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, but he answered his father, 'Lo, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends. But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!' And he said to him, 'Son, you are al-ways with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'"

ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ Κυριακή 8 Φεβρουαρίου

Κύριακή του Ασώτου, Αγ. Θεοδώρου του Στρατηλάτου Όρθρος, Θεία Λειτουργία —8:00 π.μ.

Δευτέρα, 9 Φεβρουαρίου Μέγας Εσπερινός στον

Ι.Ν. Αγίου Χαραλάμπους—7:00 μ.μ. Τρίτη 10 Φεβρουαρίου

Αγίου Χαραλάμπους Ορθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία—8:00 π.μ.

Σάββατο 14 Φεβρουαρίου Ψυχοσάββατο

Όρθρος, Θεία Λειτουργία & Μνημόσυνο—8:00 π.μ Μέγας Εσπερινός —6:00 μ.μ. Κυριακή 15 Φεβρουαρίου

Κυριακή Απόκρεω Όρθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία—8:00 π.μ.

ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΛΩΣ ΗΡΘΑΤΕ— Καλωσορίζουμε σήμερα ὃλους τούς πιστούς πού ἢλθατε νἀ τιμήσετε τόν Ἃγιο Σπυρίδωνα. Ὃλοι προσκαλεῖσθε στό κοινοτικό κέντρο μετά τήν Θεία Λειτουργία για το πρωινό γεύμα που ετοίμασαν οι γονείς της Ακαδημίας των Αρχαγγέλων. Η δωρεά είναι $10 για ενήλικες και $5 για παιδιά κάτω από 12 ετών και τα έσοδα ωφελούν το σχολείο μας.

Πρὸς Κορινθίους α' 6:12-20 Ἀδελφοί, πάντα μοι ἔξεστιν, ἀλλʼ οὐ πάντα συμφέρει· πάντα μοι ἔξεστιν, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐγὼ ἐξουσιασθήσομαι ὑπό τινος. Τὰ βρώματα τῇ κοιλίᾳ, καὶ ἡ κοιλία τοῖς βρώμασιν· ὁ δὲ θεὸς καὶ ταύτην καὶ ταῦτα καταργήσει. Τὸ δὲ σῶμα οὐ τῇ πορνείᾳ, ἀλλὰ τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ ὁ κύριος τῷ σώματι· ὁ δὲ θεὸς καὶ τὸν κύριον ἤγειρεν καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐξεγερεῖ διὰ τῆς

St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 6:12-20 Brethren, "all things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything. "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" -- and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I therefore take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two shall become one flesh." But he who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Shun immorality. Every other sin which a man com-mits is outside the body; but the immoral man sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a tem-ple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body and in your spirit which belong to God.

The Gospel of Luke 15:11-32 The Lord said this parable: "There was a man who had two sons; and the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that falls to me.' And he divided his living between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living. And when he had spent every-thing, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want. So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself he said, 'How many of my fa-ther's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants.' And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and em-braced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry; for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to make merry. Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants and asked what this meant.

APOKΡΕΑΤΙΚΟ ΓΛΕΝΤΙ

Κυριακή 15η Φεβρουαρίου 2015 μετά την Θεία Λειτουργία.

δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ. Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι τὰ σώματα ὑμῶν μέλη Χριστοῦ ἐστιν; Ἄρας οὖν τὰ μέλη τοῦ Χριστοῦ ποιήσω πόρνης μέλη; Μὴ γένοιτο. Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ὁ κολλώμενος τῇ πόρνῃ ἓν σῶμά ἐστιν; Ἔσονται γάρ, φησίν, οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν. Ὁ δὲ κολλώμενος τῷ κυρίῳ ἓν πνεῦμά ἐστιν. Φεύγετε τὴν πορνείαν. Πᾶν ἁμάρτημα ὃ ἐὰν ποιήσῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν· ὁ δὲ πορνεύων εἰς τὸ ἴδιον σῶμα ἁμαρτάνει. Ἢ οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι τὸ σῶμα ὑμῶν ναὸς τοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν ἁγίου πνεύματός ἐστιν, οὗ ἔχετε ἀπὸ θεοῦ; Καὶ οὐκ ἐστὲ ἑαυτῶν, ἠγοράσθητε γὰρ τιμῆς· δοξάσατε δὴ τὸν θεὸν ἐν τῷ σώματι ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐν τῷ πνεύματι ὑμῶν, ἅτινά ἐστιν τοῦ θεοῦ.

Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 15.11-32 Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τήν παραβολὴν ταύτην· Ἄνθρωπός τις εἶχε δύο υἱούς. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ νεώτερος αὐτῶν τῷ πατρί· πάτερ, δός μοι τὸ ἐπιβάλλον μέρος τῆς οὐσίας. καὶ διεῖλεν αὐτοῖς τὸν βίον. καὶ μετ᾿ οὐ πολλὰς ἡμέρας συναγαγὼν ἅπαντα ὁ νεώτερος υἱὸς ἀπεδήμησεν εἰς χώραν μακράν, καὶ ἐκεῖ διεσκόρπισε τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ ζῶν ἀσώτως. δαπανήσαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ πάντα ἐγένετο λιμὸς ἰσχυρὸς κατὰ τὴν χώραν ἐκείνην, καὶ αὐτὸς ἤρξατο ὑστερεῖσθαι. καὶ πορευθεὶς ἐκολλήθη ἑνὶ τῶν πολιτῶν τῆς χώρας ἐκείνης, καὶ ἔπεμψεν αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς ἀγροὺς αὐτοῦ βόσκειν χοίρους. καὶ ἐπεθύμει γεμίσαι τὴν κοιλίαν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν κερατίων ὧν ἤσθιον οἱ χοῖροι, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδίδου αὐτῷ. εἰς ἑαυτὸν δὲ ἐλθὼν εἶπε· πόσοι μίσθιοι τοῦ πατρός μου περισσεύουσιν ἄρτων, ἐγὼ δὲ λιμῷ ἀπόλλυμαι!ἀναστὰς πορεύσομαι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ ἐρῶ αὐτῷ· πάτερ, ἥμαρτον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἐνώπιόν σου. οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἄξιος κληθῆναι υἱός σου· ποίησόν με ὡς ἕνα τῶν μισθίων σου. καὶ ἀναστὰς ἦλθε πρὸς τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ. ἔτι δὲ αὐτοῦ μακρὰν ἀπέχοντος εἶδεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐσπλαγχνίσθη, καὶ δραμὼν ἐπέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ καὶ κατεφίλησεν αὐτόν.εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ υἱός· πάτερ, ἥμαρτον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἐνώπιόν σου, καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμὶ ἄξιος κληθῆναι υἱός σου. εἶπε δὲ ὁ πατὴρ πρὸς τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ· ἐξενέγκατε τὴν στολὴν τὴν πρώτην καὶ ἐνδύσατε αὐτόν, καὶ δότε δακτύλιον εἰς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑποδήματα εἰς τοὺς πόδας, καὶ ἐνέγκαντες τὸν μόσχον τὸν σιτευτὸν θύσατε, καὶ φαγόντες εὐφρανθῶμεν, ὅτι οὗτος ὁ υἱός μου νεκρὸς ἦν καὶ ἀνέζησε, καὶ ἀπολωλὼς ἦν καὶ εὑρέθη. καὶ ἤρξαντο εὐφραίνεσθαι. ῏Ην δὲ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ πρεσβύτερος ἐν ἀγρῷ· καὶ ὡς ἐρχόμενος ἤγγισε τῇ οἰκίᾳ, ἤκουσε συμφωνίας καὶ χορῶν, καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος ἕνα τῶν παίδων ἐπυνθάνετο τί εἴη ταῦτα. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἥκει καὶ ἔθυσεν ὁ πατήρ σου τὸν μόσχον τὸν σιτευτόν, ὅτι ὑγιαίνοντα αὐτὸν ἀπέλαβεν. ὠργίσθη δὲ καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν εἰσελθεῖν. ὁ οὖν πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐξελθὼν παρεκάλει αὐτόν. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε τῷ πατρί· ἰδοὺ τοσαῦτα ἔτη δουλεύω σοι καὶ οὐδέποτε ἐντολήν σου παρῆλθον, καὶ ἐμοὶ οὐδέποτε ἔδωκας ἔριφον ἵνα μετὰ τῶν φίλων μου εὐφρανθῶ· ὅτε δὲ ὁ υἱός σου οὗτος, ὁ καταφαγών σου τὸν βίον μετὰ πορνῶν, ἦλθεν, ἔθυσας αὐτῷ τὸν μόσχον τὸν σιτευτόν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· τέκνον, σὺ πάντοτε μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ εἶ, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐμὰ σά ἐστιν· εὐφρανθῆναι δὲ καὶ χαρῆναι ἔδει, ὅτι ὁ ἀδελφός σου οὗτος νεκρὸς ἦν καὶ ἀνέζησε, καὶ ἀπολωλὼς ἦν καὶ εὑρέθη.

APOKREATICO LUNCHEON

Hosted by the Ladies Philoptochos Society of St. Spyridon

Sunday, February 15th, 2015 Immediately following the Divine Liturgy

Adults $15 & Children $7 Please make your Reservations by calling the Church Office

Clean Monday Koulouma Dinner

February 23rd, 2015

Great Compline—6:00 p.m. Followed by dinner hosted by the Philoptochos

Donation: $10 for adults Free for children under 12