St. Paul’s Newsletter Σεπτέμβριος/September 2015 Page 1

St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Community of Regina

3000 Argyle Road, Regina, SK, S4S 2B2 Phone: 306-586-6402 Email: st.pauls@sasktel.net Website: www.gocregina.com

Community Priest: Rev. Fr. Spyridon Vandoros

Phone: 306-585-9359

Council President: Chris Perentes

Phone: 306-537-9447

Vol. 22, No. 7 Σεπτέμβριος/ September 2015 Submission deadline: Sept 15th

Secretary Panayiota A. Tompoulidou tompanayiota@gmail.com

Announcements

Παρεκκλήσι Αρχαγγέλου Μιχαήλ – Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Chapel

Αγιασμός, Εσπερινός και Θεία Λειτουργία – Blessing (Agiasmos), Vespers and Divine Liturgy Προσκαλούμε όλα τα μέλη της κοινότητας μας να παρεβρεθούν στην πρώτη Θεία Λειτουργία του παρεκκλησίου του Αρχαγγέλου Μιχαήλ στο κοιμητήριο Regina Memorial Gardens. Το Σάββατο 5 Σεπτεμβρίου θα τελεστούν Αγιασμός και Εσπερινός από τις 4:30 μέχρι τις 6:00 μ.μ. Την Κυριακή 6 Σεπτεμβρίου θα τελεστεί Θεία Λειτουργία από τις 9:30 εως τις 11:00 π.μ. Θα στηθούν σκηνή και καρέκλες, και θα υπάρχουν τουαλέτες. Για οποιαδήποτε περαιτέρω πληροφορία ή διευκρίνιση, παρακαλώ μη διστάσετε να επικοινωνήσετε με τον Πατήρ Σπυρίδων ή με τον Χρυσόστομο Περεντέ Al l the faithful of our community are invited to celebrate the offic ial opening of Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Chapel at Regina Memorial Gardens. Blessing (Agiasmos) and Vespers wil l be held Saturday September 5t h from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy wil l be held on Sunday September 6t h from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. A large tent and chairs wil l be available as well as bathroom facil i t ies . If you have any questions please contact Father Spyridon or Chris Perentes.

Queen City Marathon - Parking

Please note that on the morning of Sunday September 13th the Queen City Marathon will be taking place and one of the main roads will be McCallum Avenue along the north side of the Church. Our parishioners cannot park on the north side of the church that morning.

Daughters of Penelope Greek Dancing Greek dancing is up and running as of October 19th, 2015.

The Daughters of Penelope will be holding a registration night on Wednesday October 7th 2015 before registration.

Registration Date: Wednesday October 7th 2015 Registration: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Place: St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church – Community Hall

Fees this year will be $125.00 per child.

For NEW students, children must be in Grade 1 (English School) or 6 years old as of December 31st 2015 (no exceptions).

Dance Practice is held on Monday nights at the Saskatchewan Express (2272 Pasqua St) from:

• 5:30pm – 6:30pm for the younger students (Groups 1-4) and

• 6:30pm – 7:30pm for the senior students (Groups 5 & 6)

If you have any questions, please contact: Sophia Kolitsas at 535-9811 or Vasilis Vandoros at 527-3054 or greekdancingdop@yahoo.ca

Greel School Greek School starts on September 12th 2015. If you have any questions please contact principal Petros Aiginitis at greekschool@sasktel.net

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SAINT PAUL’S GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH • PROGRAM FOR september 2015 ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ Ο ΑΓΙΟΣ ΠΑΥΛΟΣ • ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΣ 2015

DAY PROGRAM SERVICES TIME

Saturday September 5th

Αγιασμός και Εσπερινός στο παρεκλήσι του Αρχαγγέλου Μιχαήλ στo κοιμητήριo Regina Memorial Gardens.

Blessing (Agiasmos) and Vesper service at Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Chapel at Regina Memorial Gardens

4:30 to 6:00 p.m.

Sunday September 6th

Θεία Λειτουργία στο παρεκκλήσι του Αρχαγγέλου Μιχαήλ στο κοιμητήριο Regina Memorial Gardens.

Divine Liturgy at Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Chapel at Regina Memorial Garden

9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

Tuesday September 8th

Services will be held: St. Anargyroi Church, YORKTON 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday September 9th

Services will be held: Lifegiving Font Church, SWIFT CURRENT 7:00 p.m.

Sunday September 13th

Κυριακή Προ της Υψωσέως Sunday Before the Elevation of the Holy Cross

Όρθρος καί Θεία Λειτουργία Orthros & Divine Liturgy

9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Monday September 14th

Υψώσις Τιμίου Σταυρού Elevation of the Precious Cross

Όρθρος καί Θεία Λειτουργία Orthros & Divine Liturgy

9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday September 16th

Της Αγίας Σοφιάς μετά των θυγατέρων Πίστεως, Ελπίδος και Αγάπης Great Martyr Sophia and her Three Daughters Pistis, Elpis and Agape

Εσπερινός Vesper Service

7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Thursday September 17th

Της Αγίας Σοφιάς μετά των θυγατέρων Πίστεως, Ελπίδος και Αγάπης Great Martyr Sophia and her Three Daughters Pistis, Elpis and Agape

Όρθρος καί Θεία Λειτουργία Orthros & Divine Liturgy

9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

Sunday September 20th

Κυριακή Μετά της Υψώσεως Sunday After the Elevation of the Holy Cross

Όρθρος καί Θεία Λειτουργία Orthros & Divine Liturgy

9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Sunday September 27th

1η Κυριακή του Λουκά First Sunday of Luke

Όρθρος καί Θεία Λειτουργία Orthros & Divine Liturgy

9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

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SACRAMENTS Weddings: Funerals: June 27t h : George Koutsogiannopoulos and Rebekah The servant of God Georgina Hove. Koumbaroi: Peter Makris and Nissa Oliver Syrgiannis fe l l asleep in the Lord on August 22 n d: Nick Kodellas and Christine Fischer. July 1 s t . Koumbaroi: George and Sophia Yannitsos The servant of God Evagelia Panagopoulos fe l l as leep in the Baptism: Lord on July 23 r d . August 1 s t : Christine Fisher , wife of Nick Kodellas The servant of God Konstantinos Godparent : Kall iope Kodel las Tzoumas fel l asleep in the Lord on August 20t h .

17t h ANNUAL OLIVE AND GRAPE

St. Paul ’s Greek Orthodox Community welcomes you to attend the 17th Annual Olive and Grape Harvest Festival on Saturday October 24th 2015 a t Queensbury Centre (EVRAZ Place) . This event features the best of our Hellenic Culture with authentic Greek cuisine , l ive Greek Bouzouki Band featuring Greek recording artis t Nikos Delidis (http://www.nikosdelidis .gr/) and the ever popular Stomping of the Grapes . This year , there wi l l a lso be an opportuni ty for one of our guests to win $4,000 with our unique Reverse Raffle.

Ticket Order: Olive and Grape Harvest

Festiva l t ickets are $75 each, $25 for chi ldren ages 5- 12 ; or $600 for a table of 8. To reserve your table and ensure a choice location for the evening, we recommend that you forward your ticket order form and payment as soon as possible.

Reverse Raffle: Join in the fun and exci tement of this unique raff le! ! Enter for your chance to win our Grand Prize of $4,000 . Only 100 tickets wil l be sold at $100 per ticket . You can buy a ticket individual ly or as a group. As this is a Reverse Draw, the last t icket out of the draw barre l wins the Grand Prize . Here is the unique twist… the f inal 10 entries have the option of either spli t ting the money or “going al l the way” .

We invite you to enjoy this celebration of entertainment and dining at the Olive and Grape Harvest Festival . To participate in this worthwhi le cause and to enjoy the evening’s festivi ties , please go to http://www.gocregina.com/events/olive_and_grape_harvest_festival and complete the ticket order form. Also , please fee l free to share with fami ly, f r iends and co-workers that you think would be interested in attending.

Dimitrios Fourlas - Committee Chair & Kosta Georgoulis - Committee Co-Chair

FOR TICKETS CONTACT: Kosta Georgoulis 306-591-7741; Dimitrios Four las 306-737-0868; Chris Perentes 306-537-9447

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SAINT PAUL’S GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH • PROGRAM FOR september 2015 ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ Ο ΑΓΙΟΣ ΠΑΥΛΟΣ • ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΣ 2015

The Lord’s Day Δευτέρα - Monday Τρίτη - Tuesday Τετάρτη - Wednesday Πέμπτη – Thursday Παρασκευή - Friday Σάββατο - Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 4:30 p.m.

Blessing (Agiasmos) and Vesper service at

Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox

Chapel

6 9:30 a.m.

Divine Liturgy at Archangel Michael

Greek Orthodox Chapel

7 8 7:30 p.m.

Services will be held in Yorkton

9 7:00 p.m.

Services will be held in Swift Current

10 11 12 First Day of

Greek School

13 9:00 a.m.

Sunday Before the Elevation of the Holy

Cross

14 9:00 a.m.

Elevation of the Precious Cross

15 5:30 p.m.

Greek School

16 7:00 p.m.

Great Martyr Sophia and her Three

Daughters Pistis, Elpis and Agape

17 9:00 a.m.

Great Martyr Sophia and her Three

Daughters Pistis, Elpis and Agape

18 19 9:30 a.m.

Greek School

20 9:00 a.m.

Sunday After the Elevation of the Holy

Cross

21 7:30 p.m. Ladies of

Philoptochos Society meeting

22 5:30 p.m.

Greek School

23 24 25 26 9:30 a.m.

Greek School

27 9:00 a.m.

First Sunday of Luke

28 29 5:30 p.m.

Greek School

30

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